Alan Kennedy

Alan Kennedy lives near Marciac in the South West of France. He has worked as a psychologist in the UK, Australia and France and is the author of "The Boat in the Bay" trilogy for children. "Lucy" is a love story set in World War II France. "A Time to Tell Lies", also set during World War II, is a fictional treatment of two significant wartime disinformation projects. "Oscar & Lucy" is an "autobiographical biography" of his mentor, the Australian psychologist Oscar Oeser, who headed Hut 6 at Bletchley Park, and organised a raid on Hitler's Berghof. ""The War and Alex Vere", based entirely on true accounts of disinformation projects in London and Paris addresses the dilemma of the 'justified sacrifice' in times of war. A Thoroughly Mischievous Person: The Other Arthur Ransome" is a psychoanalytic discussion of the life and work of England's most famous children's author. His latest publication is the memoir "Why my Mother Went Away", an account of his mother's epilepsy.