Mango and Sticky Rice: And Other Short Stories (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781463727338)

William Peskett has been a biology schoolteacher and a journalist, he has worked in marketing, design management and corporate relations. Through it all, he has maintained a love of writing. It began with poetry and Peskett was part of a notable group of poets who worked in Northern Ireland in the 1970s and 80s. During this time he was published extensively in magazines and newspapers, performed readings and broadcast frequently. Two volumes of poems, The Nightowl's Dissection and Survivors, were published by Secker & Warburg, London - the first of which won an Eric Gregory Award. Brought up in Belfast, Peskett was educated there and at Cambridge University, where he read natural sciences. His professional life was spent in Suffolk and in London. Now retired from all the excitement of earning a living, Peskett lives in Pattaya, Thailand where he spends his time tending his jungle garden and, naturally, writing. Peskett's adopted country of residence continues to provide ample material for his observation: three novels and collections of essays and short stories deal with issues in a distinctly Thai setting.