John Thompson

I was Born in Liverpool in 1976. The year recently voted Britain’s happiest, an indicator of things to come, I’ve got an uncanny skill of arriving at the party just as everyone else is getting their coats! I’ve loved books and reading them for as long as I can remember. As was the way back then I was always staying out in relatives houses whether it be my nans, aunties or uncles. None of them were big readers so after reading my nans dog-eared stack of Mills and Boons for the tenth time I decided to try and write a story of my own. That path, following a few detours, finally led me to Ruskin College, Oxford where I studied Creative Writing. Through no fault of the tutors, one being the much missed Alistair Wisker a man who found time to encourage those who had not previously received encouragement, writing became like mathematics to me, full of rules and formulae. Regardless of this and the glorious by-products of student life I somehow gained my Diploma. Following stints working on the railways and in factories, in schools and more recently children’s homes I’ve decided to revisit my love of writing. With the support of my wife, Natalie and my three kids, Joseph, John and Evie I’ve finally managed to turn out my first novel. Hopefully it’ll be the first of many and help to keep me off the tracks and out of the classroom.