For more information about me, visit my website: christopher-peter.com. But for now, a few random facts… • I’ve written six novels. The most recent, The Shell Keep, published in June 2023, and is my first novel aimed at adults. • I've also written the Danny Chaucer's Flying Saucer sci-fi series, for 8-12-year-olds. There are three books currently in this series: Danny Chaucer's Flying Saucer, Moon Zoom and Mars Mission. • My other two books are aimed at YA / teens – Falling Girl and BASIC Boy. • I live and work in the UK, in the Oxford area. • My main hobbies / pastimes, in no particular order are: spending time with my family, writing, reading, church stuff, films, walking and cycling. What do I write? Aside from the novels mentioned above, I’ve written a few short stories and flash fiction stories – and in many ways this the story form that interests me the most. Why do I write? I’ve always enjoyed it, but hadn’t done much about it until I turned forty. You could call it my mid-life crisis – at least it was safer than buying a motorbike and cheaper than taking up golf. Which writers have influenced my writing / who are my favourites? There are so many, but a very important one is Robert Westall. He was my favourite author in my early to mid-teens, and still among my favourites now. Most of his stories had a supernatural theme, and this is a key reason why I like ghost stories so much. He had a fantastically gritty, terse prose style and his characters were always utterly believable. One of his books - The Scarecrows - remains one of my very favourite novels.