About keith

Hi there, let me tell you a bit about the person who is communicating with you today.

You know my name and that I write historical novels currently all set in the 18th Century. I write to keep my brain active and am fortunate to be reasonably fit in body and mind at 78.

I come from a working class background and I’m proud of that and what I have achieved in life - so far. But I have quite recently embarked on a new career after a lifetime of serving the community as an officer in Local Government.

I was born in Halifax in 1947 and have experienced a wide range of events and have met many people, the rich, semi famous and the poor and unfortunate as I pursued a career in Environment and Community Safety and Development working alongside the Midlands businesses large and small, the Nottinghamshire Police and the National Health Service in the East Midlands.

On reaching the age of 76, my wife after putting up with me for 56 years unfortunately died, leaving me to decide what I should do for my remaining time on this earth.

I have never been any good at sports, a leisurely walk now and again has kept me fit enough to lead a full life and I want to give something back in return for my good luck. However I must admit I shall never be capable of rowing round the world to raise money for worthy charities, nor even walk from Land’s End to John ‘o Groats though I have visited both and the most easterly and most westerly points on the mainland of the United Kingdom.

I have however never been abroad or had a passport. My experiences of life are therefore wide but restricted to Great Britain which worries me not.

To sum up therefore I started to write novels set back in simpler times on this great Island and hopefully will fulfil my ambition to leave a written legacy and should I become successful all my profits will be donated to local charities.

I am a one man band but work with many collaborators who will help me to achieve my twin goals. I hope you too will collaborate by enjoying reading my growing collection and subscribe to my newsletter blog. This is a free subscription which you can cancel at any time.

Thank you for reading this far and I wish you all good health and happiness all your life.