Roy Peters

After a long and varied working life, which included 12 years with the RAF and 25 years with NATO working with the AWACS out of Germany, I finally became a 'gentleman of leisure' in 2007. Not one to sit around all day doing nothing, I had the idea of writing stories. Always being a great lover of war stories I naturally turned in that direction, and wrote 'No Time For Mourning', which is about a day in the life of a Battle of Britain Squadron during 1940. When I had finished, many of my friends liked it very much and urged me to continue. So I did, with 'Flight of the Rusty Bucket' which told the tale of a Lancaster bomber crew on a raid over Germany. I did have an offer from an American company to publish this one, but it was too expensive so I had to decline. Ah well! Goodbye to fame.

After that I realized that WW2 stories would perhaps have a limited readership in today's society, and so decided to broaden my horizons. This led to one about Africa called 'Famine', a North Korean prison camp story, and two about Afghanistan. Since that time I have frequently gone back to war stories, but also added science fiction and other genres.

I like the idea of keeping my mind occupied with hopefully something useful, for if I can take someone away from their own troubles for even a short period, the effort will have been worth it. I hope you enjoy my modest contribution to the literary world.