Once upon a time -a long time ago - I was born in Bootle (Liverpool 20). There was a war on. Later, I wanted to follow in the footsteps of J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis but instead was plunged into the maelstrom of inner city education as a teacher of English, then as a head. It was only after I narrowly survived a murder attempt at the age of 69 http: //bit.ly/1nxfaIl that I realised how easy it is to die without accomplishing a cherished ambition. So I set to work on "Myrddin’s Heir": the epic story I will leave behind. The first six books are now in the Kindle Store. Book 1 is called "A Wizard of Dreams". This is a long story for bright children from 10-110 years of age. I hope I can finish it, because I know how it ends.