PETER O'MALLEY

HELLO THERE.

BORN IN THE EAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE IN 1960.

CATHOLIC WITH A SENSE OF HUMOUR.

I BEGAN WRITING AS A MEANS OF EXPRESSING FEELINGS AND EMOTIONS, WHICH LED TO ME WRITING MOLLY. MOLLY IS BASED ON A FERRULE CAT WHO ADOPTED ME. INITIALLY A FILTHY CAT, WHO TURNED INTO A BEAUTIFUL CAT DURING MY TIME WITH HER.

IN THE 1970s I HAD A BRAIN TUMOUR.

LEAVING ME WITH A LIFELONG ILLNESS.

MY SIGHT IS ALSO PRETTY BAD.

I WROTE VERSE AND POEMS ON AN OLD 386 COMPUTER. THEN BEGAN TO WRITE

MAGICAL MOLLY, AIMED IT AT OLDER CHILDREN. BUT MANY ADULTS HAVE ENJOYED IT TOO. BOTH ON KINDLE AND IN PAPERBACK.

MY MESSAGE TO THOSE WHO READ MY BOOKS IS; NEVER GIVE UP. KEEP TRYING.

MY BOOK MAY NOT BE A WORLD SHATTERING ACHIEVEMENT, AND MAY HAVE MANY MISTAKES, BUT I ENJOYED THE EXPERIENCE AND IT GIVES ME PLEASURE KNOWING OTHER PEOPLE HAVE ENJOYED THE STORY. I AWAIT A CALL FROM EMMA THOMPSON, WANTING TO MAKE THE MOVIE!

PETER O'MALLEY