I’ve been writing off and on for around 50 years. There have been long gaps between my efforts because I was doing other things. The major one was running recruitment businesses which occupied more time than I care to remember. In more recent years, I have focused upon working in the voluntary sector with an emphasis upon advocacy in housing, welfare benefits, and debt cases.
The character of Sol Nemo, my mixed-race protagonist who works as a private investigator, grew out of my various trips to South Africa. My wife hails from Port Elizabeth/Gqeberha where Sol is based, and gradually as I absorbed something of the place and its people, my creative brain began to distil his character. Not much in the way of crime fiction is set in the RSA so it was my feeling that the market was about ready for something different. I can only hope you agree as I continue to work on the series, the second book was launched earlier this year.
I do not have a great deal of time for outside interests but to the extent they get a look-in I enjoy good company, reading, playing badminton and golf, and collecting modern first editions particularly Agatha Christie.