Although originally hailing from Johannesburg, South Africa, I now reside in Sydney, Australia, which has been my home now for the past 25 years. For nearly 20 of those years, I have been working as an IT professional in varying capacities. I kind of fell into writing when I started writing a serial of short stories, for friends, when I was challenged to create an interesting literary character. After five of these stories, it was recommended that I assemble this into a book. The result became Abandoned I seek to write more books as ideas come to me. I do enjoy the challenge of trying turn fanciful stories into something more earnest and relate-able. A huge influence of mine, is the writer american science fiction / fantasy writer Peter David. Good writing is more than an interesting story. It is also the delivery of it and that unique style that each writer can bring. The most memorable quote that drives my own style is: "For every lie you tell, try to keep as much truth in it as possible. In that way, the lie seemingly becomes plausible."