Jerry Raine

Jerry Raine was born in Yorkshire in 1955, and raised in East Africa. At the age of sixteen he travelled to Australia with the British Boys Movement and stayed for more than two years, working in the bush and in Sydney. Back in England he worked in a succession of manual jobs for a decade before becoming a bookseller in London. In 1986 he was a winner of the Mail on Sunday fiction competition and his first novel Smalltime was published in 1996. As a singer-songwriter Jerry has been a support act for some famous US and Irish singers, and has written more than 150 songs. He lives on the south coast of England with seven guitars.

In order of publication Jerry’s books are: Smalltime, Frankie Bosser Comes Home, Slaphead Chameleon, Small Change, Some Like it Cold, Camden Calling, Missing in Acton, Shilo, No Company Allowed, Cowboy Dreams, Small Faces, Rough Boys, Men at Work (stories), Barca Loner, Bad Company, Camden Forever, Good Company, Back to Schooldays, and Motel Blues (stories).