I was born and grew up as a child during the waning days of British colonial rule in South East Asia on the tiny British colony of Singapore. Educated by French Canadian missionaries in all boys catholic schools, I grew up with the romance of Empire. I re-located back to the United Kingdom as a teenager in the late winter of 1972 at the age of sixteen. I then enlisted with the British Army joining the Corp of Royal Engineers as a boy soldier at a prestigious military academy in Gloucestershire close to the border with South Wales. When I completed my military apprenticeship at the army college, I served in Southern Europe, Northern Ireland and Belize (formerly British Honduras) in Central America. My background and skillset remains in engineering, Information Technology and Further Education lecturer but my passion has always been to write.
About 5 years ago, I decided to have a clear out if my attic. To my surprise, I found a old black box containing five journals that my late father had written which I had put away shortly after his death and forgotten about. This had been up there for at least thirty years. I brought the journals to my study room and started reading them. These journals spoke of daring, risk, high adventure and even rescue missions I was unaware of. If you have already read my book, welcome to my world.
I have been asked by avid readers of my
Dragonfly true life genres if there will be a book two or possibly a book three
of my Dragonfly books based on my late father’s journals. I would love to continue
writing more on the subject if there is still a demand for memories of former
British colonialism Far East adventures during the ebbing days of the British
Empire. I would like to thank all my readers and friends for their support and
interest in my work. I hope you enjoy this submission, “Legends of the Dragonfly
“as much as I have writing it. It has been an emotional rollercoaster
remembering it all again.
Will there be a third Dragonfly book, let's wait and see.
