Hi, this is me when I was a baby.
By the time I was three years old I had learnt to drive and was working part time as a chauffeur…alright, alright… it was my Dad's car.
And just to prove that not everything was black and white in those days, here is a picture of me in colour.
Some writers start writing stories from an early age, but I was happy to play with lego, toy cars and a strange machine that made animal noises.
The first stories I wrote were horror stories - and they were pretty horrible too... but not very good.
This is me playing the guitar when I was about 15. I should have stuck with the animal noise machine instead - it was easier to play and sounded much better.
For a long time I wanted to be a radio presenter or a disc jockey, so I went to Sunderland University and took a degree in Communication Studies.
It was during my time at university that I started writing stories and really decided that I was going to be a writer.
This is Polly, our cat
This is Laura - she's studying graphics and er... muffins
Just like Presto the Wizard, in this picture by the wonderful illustrator, Korky Paul, I love sharing stories and reading books.
I often write about the books that I'm reading in my diary.
