I'm a freelance writer, originally from Leicestershire, now living in the Welsh coastal town of Aberystwyth.

I have a wife, three daughters, two grandchildren and, allegedly, can occasionally be found relaxing.

I've worked within the Civil Service, Police force, as a college lecturer, a bookshop owner and performance poet. None of these things satiated my life-long addiction to writing.

I am presently pitching my crime thriller novel -All That Glisters - out into the netherworld of publishing.

I have a First Class honours degree, a Chief Constable's Commendation and a bad back, only one of which seems to be of any great use to me.

I get to sit down quite a bit.