![]() ![]() While I was doing this my ‘real’ job was owning second-hand book and clothing shops. Since then I’ve had about 130 books published and over 140 short stories. In 1995 I finally sold a children’s novel, The Wizard’s Torment, to HarperCollins. With two failed distributors (one disappearing, taking all my stock and owing me money) I took up writing adult fiction. I started publishing a magazine called Void, which in turn led me to publish hardcover and paperback science fiction and fantasy, the latter being the first high fantasy published in Australia. My family emigrated to NZ when I was nine and at eighteen I moved to Australia. ![]() Oil was discovered there many years ago, too. You’d be forgiven for asking “what island”? But it does have a few claims to fame, notably that it’s the only island below sea level (now there’s a paradox) and it’s where Dr Feelgood hailed from – that pub rock band with their “rivvum and blooze”. What’s his story? I was born on Canvey Island (UK). Where can you take a gander at his stuff? and and ![]()
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