Allan Buchanan

Allan is the author of Memories of Max: A Father’s Story”, which tells of the emotional journey of nursing his son Max through two cancers until his son’s death in 1997. He wrote the book in 1999 and transcribed it into a website in the early 2000’s, where it proved a useful resource for both parents with a child being treated for cancer, and those who had lost a child to the disease. The website disappeared from the Web after the provider shut down its web hosting services, and the book languished for many years until its publication in 2020.

The author has a degree on Mining Engineering, and initially worked offshore in the oil industry in the North, Irish and Arctic seas. After being made redundant, he worked in various jobs before retraining and becoming a System Engineer for a major software company. He currently works part time as a Logistics Software Consultant.