P P Leonard

I grew up in a small village in Kent and went to school in the nearby town of Gillingham before going on to three universities: UEA in Norwich, Nottingham and Goldsmiths in London.

My childhood was the 60s (The Beatles, Stones & Beach Boys; Stingray, Thunderbirds & Captain Scarlet; Peter Sellars as Clouseau; Christopher Lee as Dracula; The Sound of Music, 2001: A Space Odyssey and Oliver!) and my adolescence was the 70s (T-Rex, Pink Floyd, Morecambe & Wise and top of the bill, Monty Python - the nearest I ever got to religion!).

My literary influences include: Carroll, Dickens, Orwell, Tolkien and my favourite, P. G. Wodehouse.

I have travelled all over the world in every continent (apart from Antarctica) and have lived & worked in London, Hong Kong, Japan, Germany and Switzerland. I have also spent significant time with family in both the US and Australia. In 2015, I retired to the wonderful county of Northumberland where I now enjoy writing and going for long walks with my dog.