Klipspringer Hill: A tale of the Kalahari (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781494805494)

I grew up in Northern Ireland - a wonderful place for youngsters interested in nature. There are mountains, rivers, lakes and a beautiful and varied coastline of rugged cliffs and sandy beaches. My father was an expert fly-fisherman and I held a rod in my hands before I learned to use a pen. I birdwatched and played rugby and golf. I wanted to see Africa by driving overland to South Africa. But the Zimbabwean Independence War was at its height and so I chose the next best option: the sea route. My first glimpse of Africa was Table Mountain at daybreak. Farm management work brought me my first experiences with snakes. Fascinating creatures - they feature in my illustrated children's novel Klipspringer Hill. I ran my own food processing business before taking up a contract in Saudi Arabia. A spell selling property in Tenerife followed, before a move back to the UK, near London. I'm an aficionado of Ernest Hemingway, man and writer. And my knowledge of social upheavals in Africa and Northern Ireland has inspired some of my fiction writing. My short story A Night at the River was included in the 2013 anthology, Tales of Tremendous Tragicide, available from Amazon. My self-published novels are: Zambezi Seduction by Tamara Cape (pen name). A romance. The Pink Pigeon. A short 58 page children's story. Hemingway Quest. Mainstream/general fiction. Klipspringer Hill. Children's fiction. To be published later in 2014: a crime novel titled (for now) Perfect Killing, plus two short stories. I enjoy the camaraderie of the writing community, the friendship of fellow scribes in different countries.