I was born in 1952 in Wakefield, UK and spent my first ten years in Sharlston, then a mining village, followed by eight in Crofton, a mile nearer Wakefield. I went to London University, obtaining a BSc from Imperial College and a PGCE from King's. After two years as a VSO in Kenya, I taught in London, devoting much of my spare time to assisting...more »

I was born in 1952 in Wakefield, UK and spent my first ten years in Sharlston, then a mining village, followed by eight in Crofton, a mile nearer Wakefield. I went to London University, obtaining a BSc from Imperial College and a PGCE from King's. After two years as a VSO in Kenya, I taught in London, devoting much of my spare time to assisting an NGO concerned with human development. After completing an MA in 1992, I worked in Brunei until 1999 and then in Zayed University, United Arab Emirates, for three years. Since 2003, I have lived in Spain, and completed a PhD in education’s role in Philippine development. I then turned to fiction and now have two published novels, Mission and A Fool's Knot. « less