The result was A Hitch-Hiker’s Guide to Great Britain, which was published by Penguin Books in 1983.

Initially it was the sense that there was a need for a guide that allowed others to travel as freely (in every sense of the word) as I had while hitch-hiking around Britain. Eyes Turned Skywards, published by Fledgling Press was my first novel and The Danger of Life my second. In more recent times I have helped Maureen establish the website Undiscovered Scotland as the ultimate online guide to Scotland. An inexplicable regression into conformity saw me become a civil servant for the next couple of decades, during which time I fulfilled the long-held ambition of moving to Scotland. I researched and wrote A Hitch-Hiker’s Guide to Great Britain, which was published by Penguin Books in 1983. I went to Hull University in 1975, spending my time there meeting my wife Maureen, hitch-hiking around Great Britain, and doing just enough actual work to gain a reasonable degree in that most useful of subjects, philosophy.

I spent my first 17 years following my family – my father was a Royal Air Force navigator – around the world, a process that involved seven schools and a dozen different postal addresses. You can buy a copy of the book here: Eyes Turned Skywardsįirst of all, would you tell my blog readers a little about yourself? Thanks to Kelly at Love Books Tours for having me as part of the tour. Ken Lussey’s novel Eyes Turned Skyward is fiction but based on a real life mystery – it sounds very intriguing. I’m joined today by an author who doesn’t live that far away from me.

Gears for Queers by Abigail Melton