Retired proofreader and editor. Remains a professional author.
A long-serving member of the prestigious writing group, ThirskWriteNow.
Compiler, editor and publisher of the writing group's series of anthologies, the Golden Clippings series.
Also writes under the pen name of J Severn - for poems, song lyrics, etc.
Lives in Thirsk, North Yorkshire, with his wife Maureen and their black cocker spaniel, Bella.
Author of three novels, several collections of short stories and five 'novels in progress'.
Gave up driving in early 2019, due to eyesight problems.