DerekStewart.co.uk

Hello all!

Not much to say about me - I'm just me! Nothing special, just a penniless writer scribbling away in an attic (okay, a log cabin in my garden!) in an attempt to emulate his favourite writers (Leslie Charteris, John Wyndham, Ian Fleming, Peter Lovesey, John Creasey, Steve Harris...), and make a name for himself.

I am now the grand old age of 56, am married to Judith, and have six children (Shelley, Stephanie, James, Daniel, Brett and Curtis) four grandsons (Jason, Kaiden, Levi and Oliver), and two granddaughters (Skye and Chloe).

I attended the North School, the Academy, and Banff and Buchan College (all in Fraserburgh, Scotland), then Aberdeen University (in... em, Aberdeen!), and Robert Gordon University (which is also in the granite city), studying various subjects, including English (Language and Literature), Creative Writing, Psychology, Philosophy, Graphic Design, Journalism... I came away with a BA in Publishing and Journalism - which makes me a BA-Heid! LOL! (Groan - I didn't write LOL did I? I'm supposed to be literate!)

I went on to become a journalist in several local papers, being temporary editor in one (oh, the heady heights! I even had my own tea mug - but I was still the mug who had to MAKE the tea!). I have now decided to 'follow my dream', as they say (whoever THEY are!), and concentrate on doing what I like doing the most: write books, especially Crime & Thrillers and Horror/Weird fiction. BrightSpark Publishing, the small Scottish publishing house, is my publisher. Under the expert eyes of Judith Edwards and Bruce Dickie I have just published my third book. My next, 'The Rag and Bone Man' - a Police Procedural based in the North East and North of Scotland, will be out later this year/start of next. I am working on my fourth - a Horror called 'Softness Turns to Fury', with the Greek Goddess Nemesis as the baddie and an eighty year old comatose man as the hero; I hope to have that done by the end of this year for publication next year.

I have been and always will be a huge fan of Roger Moore, Tony Curtis, Peter Wyngarde, Patrick Macnee - and most of the other ITC stalwarts! As well as Hywell Bennet, David Jason, Anthony Valentine, Patrick Allen - and loads more besides I note, with sadness, that only one of the above list is still alive! In music I prefer people who can actually SING: such as John Denver, Glen Campbell, Neil Sedaka, Suzy Bogguss, Karen Carpenter (two still alive).

You can visit me at www.derekstewart.co.uk, or drop me an email to [email protected]. I will reply.

Well, That's All Folks! (Copyright Warner Bros - used without permission! LOL! Oh, there I go again!)

Cheers
Derek