Born in Wiltshire, brought up in Somerset and now living back in Wiltshire again via the Isle of Man. It's fair to say Howie has been around. Writing poetry and short stories since he was in his teens, he is now concentrating on getting his first full novel published. Spurred on by his long since dead English teacher's comments that he would never amount to much, he longs for the day when he can go back to his high school as an accomplished writer, hold writing workshops and prove everybody wrong.