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Thomas W. J. Simpson
Born in 1951, Tom has lived and worked in London all his life. He is married to Carol with whom he has two children. He also has three grandchildren. He has had a wide range of jobs, such as being a milkman, teaching people to ride in the family stables business, and driving a Class 1 HGV. He’s also been a debt collector and a shop manager. He has travelled to numerous countries, including Australia, New Zealand, America, Spain, Tunisia and more. This is his first book, which he initially began writing in 2005, but long hours in his lorry ...
Peter Lewis Skippen
The author was born in Camberwell Road, London, in 1946 and moved to Peckham in 1947. He attended Camelot St. Primary school and then William Penn Secondary school and started a 5-year apprenticeship in dental technology in 1962. He married Paula in 1967 moving to a flat in Whitechapel. He has two children, Mat and Dan, born in 1971/2. The family bought a house in Upton Park in 1972, and then in 1981, the author started his own business, and they moved to a house in Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, living there for some 23 years. In 2006, the author ...
Juliet Smith
Juliet Smith was born in London but spent most of her early life in Sierra Leone. Later she returned to London and settled down to a life of hard work, but became a victim of racism, crime and bigotry. She was abused, both in London and Sierra Leone. However, her faith in God has kept her going, and though she has sometimes strayed from the way of the Lord, she has always found her way back into the fold. Juliet lives in Wimbledon and is an enthusiastic churchgoer, as well as an avid listener to Christian radio. She has a qualification in ...
Judy F Spencer
Born in 1935 in London, UK, Judith (Judy) lives in Kent with her husband of many years. She is happily married with three children, seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren at the moment. Dedicating her life to raising her children and supporting her family, this is Judy’s first foray into the world of publishing and something she is very excited about. While she enjoys writing short, humorous poems this will be her first novel.In her free time, Judy enjoys reading, writing, cross-stich, gardening and cooking. She writes a monthly ...
A. Spring
A. Spring was born in the Southern Vietnamese city of Cần Thơ. A diligent and hard working, mostly self taught pupil, A. Spring started his career as a tax specialist. After ten years Spring was mobilised into the army, graduating to the rank of second lieutenant and placed in charge of an anti guerrilla force. Having fought bravely throughout the 1960s and 70s, he was imprisoned by the North Vietnamese regime as a prisoner of war for two years, following which he and his family left the country in search of a better life. They settlied for a ...
Faye Starling
Faye Starling was born in Southport, UK. At the age of ten, she left the UK with her parents to go to Kenya, where she completed her education. Faye was educated to secondary level after which she attended secretarial college.Faye lived in Uganda and Tanzania until she got married at 18. She and her husband lived in Bangladesh and Ghana. After her divorce she returned to the UK with her son and joined the police at 24. She spent some time as a teacher at a secretarial college before she remarried in 1977 and moved to Hong Kong in 1983. ...
Doris Stevanović & Lejla Kuralić-Ćišić, Ph.D.
Doris Stevanovic was born in Zagreb in 1959. She attended a university in Pula and majored in philosophy. She dedicated herself to studying preschool education and was the Educator and Director of the former kindergarten ‘Doris’s Flowers in Pula. She also founded a kindergarten in Sijani. She presented and published a programme titled Doris’s Flowers at a press conference in Pula in 2003. She was the first headmistress of the kindergarten and authored and presented a paper titled ‘Encyclopedia of chldren’s five-minute activities. She adopted ...
Andrew Stiller
Born in the United States in 1960, Andrew Stiller grew up in a large family of talented artists, musicians, and skilled dressmakers. From a young age, Stiller’s creativity and independence were nurtured and encouraged by those that surrounded him. After completing his BA in English, he traveled through Eastern Europe during the Cold War era, pursuing his love for travel and experiencing other cultures. Years later, he continued his studies at Bezalel Academy in Israel. Stiller’s creative endeavors led him to his career as a writer while ...
Tim A. Strache
Born in Schwedt, Germany, Tim A. Strache began his writing career in primary school when he was a member of a writing club. Then, while in high school, he wrote and published six fan-fiction books.After high school, at 19 years old, he joined the army for one year. Then, he wanted to give back, so he volunteered as a caregiver in a nursing home for one year.Currently, he is a university student studying Logistics Engineering. Additionally, he has decided to write and publish books for a wider audience. This book is a culmination of that ...
Sophie Streeting
The stories and recipes were collected by Nikoleta Makrionitou; top food journalist and Food and Wine editor of Greece’s “Gastronomos” Magazine and Barbara Gigilini. Barbara is a Lesvos based journalist and owner of popular newspaper Politika. She has followed the Migration crisis closely since 2015. The photos were captured by the talented Nikos Kokkas; an Athens based photographer and writer, whose most recent work can be found in the highly acclaimed “Locked Down” exhibition. The book was put together and designed by the talented Thanasis ...
Christine Stretton
Christine Stretton was brought up as a Catholic in Halifax, West Yorkshire, where she still lives. At the age of fifteen, Christine began a hairdressing apprenticeship but soon decided that neither this vocation nor religion were her true calling. Later in life, however, Christine began reading about Buddhism and Sufism and developed an interest in meditation and psychic spiritualism. It was at this point that Christine began penning poetry, a hobby which flourished and culminated in the publishing of her work. She has also trained to become a ...
Inger Susaeg
Inger Susaeg was born in Oslo in 1951. She has higher education in art, music and drama. After working for nine years as assistant professor for drama at the University in Bodø, Norway, she left to pursue her passion for finding the answers to life's riddles. Her search led her to develop the Keys of Liberation. By using them thoroughly she developed expanded consciousness (enlightenment), meaning that she is able to seek answers by connecting to universal consciousness.Today she offers lectures on her discoveries. Not only about how ...
Graham Sutherland
Born to an unmarried mother in 1949 Graham Sutherland spent three years in a children’s home. His mother married and he was returned to her in 1952. He lived in London before moving to Ashford in 1953. His stepfather worked at Ashford Railway Works. Graham left school at sixteen to take a six year printing apprenticeship as a compositor then linotype keyboard operator.He married in 1973 and moved to Frome in Somerset working as a printer for Butler and Tanner. In 1975 he established his own cleaning business. Graham has two sons and a ...
Bridget Sutton
Bridget was born in South Africa in 1959 and was educated in Johannesburg, going on to obtain bachelor’s degrees in English and Law. When Bridget and her family first settled in the Isle of Man some twenty years ago, she was intrigued to discover the island is home to a substantial body of original stories, myths and legends.Years later Bridget was obliged to take early retirement for health reasons. She felt this was at least an opportunity to indulge her greatest enthusiasms, namely art and literature. At around the same time a number of ...