S D Robertson

Former journalist S.D. Robertson quit his role as a local newspaper editor to pursue a lifelong ambition of becoming a novelist.

An English language and literature graduate from the University of Manchester, he has spent time living in France, Holland and Australia, working in roles as diverse as a holiday rep, door-to-door salesman, train cleaner and mobile phone network engineer.

Stuarts love of writing and inquisitive nature led him back to university to study journalism. He went on to work at various newspapers in Lancashire and Greater Manchester, rising from trainee reporter to editor in just five years and remaining in the hot seat for another four.

Eventually, in the face of major cutbacks and after somehow convincing his wife to swap roles and return to her career he chose to leave. This life-changing decision granted him the golden opportunity to write fiction while spending much more time at home with his family.

Stuart lives in a village near Manchester with his wife and daughter. Theres also his cat, Bernard, who likes to distract him from writing usually by breaking things.