Born in Rossendale, in the Lancashire Pennines, I grew up  with a freedom and innocence I believe children no longer enjoy. They were magical times when play was a product of the imagination; when a tree trunk became a pirate ship, a stick was a sword: all done without the aid of electronics.

My early recollections of school are of a remarkable, but fairly strict headmaster, Marcus Dearden. He had an amazing ability to spot the enquiring mind, encourage and develop it. This is where my interest in writing started and was nurtured, but for many years I put it on the back burner to concentrate on other things.

In the mid-eighties, I started what would ultimately be my first novel, but abandoned it after one chapter. I returned to the work in 2012, using the original idea but starting from scratch.

My interest in crime,  particularly why some people are more willing than others to be criminals, led me to take a degree in psychology through the Open University.  I continued post graduate study in Forensic Psychology for two years. I often consult my psychology books when writing my novels.

Aside from my crime novels, I write short stories and articles for various publications online, and here in Bahrain where I reside with my wife, Jess.

I have also published a cook book (standard and halal versions available), and I am currently working on two crime novels, and several more outside the genre.