About Barley’s Biscuit - and a bit about the Author.

I’ve lived in Shropshire for more than half my life; it’s a beautiful county and I always thought it would provide a wonderful backdrop for a book or series of books. One of my friends Mick always has two Border Collie dogs. At the time of writing my stories, their names were Barley, who was mad about biscuits, and Basil, Barley’s nephew. I used to listen to the stories Mick told about the three of them taking long walks around various parts of Shropshire’s many beauty spots. I then got the idea of putting them together as children’s stories. I set out with the aim of writing two Barley’s Biscuit books just to see whether or not people liked them and with the hope of completing a series of twelve. I’ve enough material now to write the other ten and have so far published three. They are all set in beauty spots in Shropshire – all different stories but on a similar theme. I have previously written three self-published novels for adults and a bit of poetry just for fun and as a way of honing my creative writing skills as well as three other different children’s books. In the past, I have worked as metallurgist, an engineer in the automotive industry and as a teacher in primary, secondary and special educational needs schools.

Being a teacher helped me broaden my experiences and build on the joys that a good adventure story brings to the young . . . and the not so young! I want to encourage a culture of adventure and fun through illustrated reading whilst making Barley’s Biscuit, Mr. B’s Busy Bea, Marti-Rye the Mole and Konk the White Crocodile, easily available for all children to enjoy.

THERE ARE MANY OTHER DIFFERENT ADVENTURE STORIES IN THE PIPELINE!! - Check out my ‘Coming Next…’ page for a sneak preview!

All of my fabulous stories are available in all good book stores on the Nielson database, Amazon or through this website.