Nick YappI was born in 1938, just 55 days before Neville Chamberlain flew to Munich to see Hitler (I don't think my appearance on this world had anything to do with that). I went to private schools, cruelly run. At University, I read lawyer but never wanted to be a lawyer, and as soon as I graduated I went into teaching, first in a private school, teaching boys between the ages of 6 and 11. Then came the first of several big moves. I married and got a job teaching in a state comprehensive school for boys and girls. That lasted six years before I went on what was called a TOSLADIC course, for Teachers of Slow Learning and Difficult Children. I moved into Special Education, took an MA in Child Development and Psychology, became a lousy Headteacher and started writing. So far, I written and published 55 books, written the scripts for over 50 TV programmes and over 100 radio shows. I've been a member of the Writers' Guild of Great Britain since 1985, and was President of the European Writers' Council from 2015 to 2016. I've been married twice - once sadly, once happily, and have three children and one grandson (who has made me cry by telling me that I'm his best friend). Politically, I'm a Socialist, because it seems to me that Socialism is the only way our planet can be saved from poverty, pollution and hunger. And that's as far as it goes... so far Read More Read Less