Allan Gilmour

Allan Gilmour was born in Nottingham, England, in 1967. In 1987 he sought new horizons and left England's green and pleasant land for a life in the Black Forest of South Germany.

He is self-employed as a hairdresser and is a lecturer in Hairdressing and Business Studies.

He finds that the hairdressing salon is a great 'playground' for observing human behaviour and a place where true-life stories are allowed to unveil themselves.

Allan Gilmour believes that our modern, hectic lifestyles have helped create dissatisfaction, illness and disassociation with our true selves and with this in mind, he thought it apt to get his two furry companions on board to assist writing 'A Helping Paw' with the intention of trying to help the individual.

When not playing about with his keyboards, tinkering with his flight simulator, cataloguing old German philately or sifting through his collection of old vinyl recordings, he loves to jog through the rolling hills of the Black Forest which creatively inspires him for future projects.

In 2012 he published his first book, a non-fiction work titled ,NICE PLACE, SHAME ABOUT THE HUMAN RACE'.