Chip Walker

Chip was born in Surrey, England to Forces parents. He grew up a in number of areas around England and abroad including; Kenya, Singapore and Cyprus. In 1974 he left school to enlist in the British Army. He served for eleven years then, joined the British Police Service.

Amongst his many and varied duties, he served as a Fire-arms officer, worked in anti-terrorism, taught Drugs Education and Citizen Safety in schools and later retired as a Police Inspector.

His first book, "The Terrible Battle for Billy Watson," was a local best seller and was nominated for several prestigious awards. Using the writing pseudonym of Clive Franks, he has now written a number of adventure stories for children, all of which, aim to teach children that good shall always overcome evil.

These days he concentrates on writing murder mysteries and also writes books associated with military parachuting. His latest novel, 'Child of Hern' is available on Amazon Kindle worldwide.

Child of Hern is unusual in that it is written with true authority and from real experience of how the British police work and by using the most up-to-date forensic techniques.