WELCOME!

Hello! I’d like to introduce you to a boy who discovers that he can travel back in time.

Leo mysteriously whizzes back to meet people who have made their mark on history in some way. I had to research the real characters, but obviously most of the people in the stories are fictional creations.

 Leo’s Heroes contains six stories. You may have heard of Winston Churchill and John Logie Baird, but the others Leo meets are unknown to most readers. Sydney Camm, who designed the Hurricane aircraft, William Smith and Charles Eaton, two Victorian forgers who made what we now know as “Billys and Charleys”, and Benjamin Pollock, a publisher of Juvenile Drama.

My aim in writing about Leo’s adventures is to bring the past alive, and entertain the reader by exploring some backwaters of history. My readers are from 7 to 90, and I have read the stories in schools, museums, and libraries to all ages.

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You can read about Leo’s Heroes in my Blog, and also see the lovely illustrations by Val Falla.

I started writing the Blog about two years ago, when Leo’s Heroes was published. But I have to confess that my contributions fizzled out after a while, and I’m sorry to say that it’s no longer up-to-date.

However, you may still find some of the archived entries fun to browse through – I mused on popular culture, books, childhood, magic lanterns. And I added pictures of my favourite things, like sugar peep eggs, and Baby Puffins. (I have the rare ABC and 123 drawn by Dorothy Chapman.)

I recommend Memories, Dedications and Lists.

Do check them out. I’d love to hear from you!

NOW READ ABOUT MY NEXT BOOK .  Click on The Ghosts of Time at the top of the page.