Gary Cockaday

Gary was born in Cromer, Norfolk, and for many years worked in finance. He started a sportswear company in 2008 that supplies many of the local sports teams in Norfolk, retiring 3 years ago giving the business to his sons.

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In his spare time he took up writing and amateur dramatics, sometimes combining the two, and his short play Somebody's Daughter won best original script at NODA East some 20 years ago.

His debut book Full Circle has been a work in progress for 25 years, gathering dust until 2020, but is now complete and published by Hobart Books.

The sequel of sorts A Moment’s Madness is now available on Amazon.

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He lives in Dereham with his wife, sharing five children between them, and when not writing is to be found playing walking football. He played for Norwich City FC WF for four seasons, the team he has supported his entire life. At the age of 61 he represented IWFF England in the sport’s first World Cup, later winning a second cap for England in their victory against the world champions, Wales.

The first draft of the sequel took ten weeks… the rewrites continue.