PHILIP WATSON

After living for ten years in Scarborough in North Yorkshire, Philip Watson now lives in Glossop in the High Peak, where there is a staggering view of the hills around every corner.

It was during his time in Scarbough that the dabbling he did in writing became productive. He joined Scarborough Writing Society and with their support self published the following books:

'SOFT IN THE MIDDLE', a detective story based in the water industry, which contains 'Skilful storytelling, complex characters - and more running jokes than you can shake a stick at,' 'effortlessly pacy dialogue', and a 'lesson on how to understand how you are being ripped off by your water company'.

'ANGELS IN THE ARCHITECTURE' a thriller set in the fictional village of Ayton-le-Dale, just outside Scarborough.

Other works by Philip Watson for adults are:

'A KISS FROM A STRANDE LADY'; a short story - a thriller set in Scarborough.

'FIFTY SHADES OF PAIN: TRAINING FOR THE GREAT NORTH RUN'; an amusing account of the author's training for the Great North Run.

'THE UNKINDEST CUT OF ALL'; a hilarious account of the Author's first vasectomy.

'A PIECE ON NONSENSE'; exactly what the title says it is: just one joke after another with a plot woven in somehow along the way, which he followed with ‘COMPLETE AND UTTER NONSENSE’, a lot more of the same.

He also wrote several stories for children, four aimed at pre-school/early readers:

'THREE ANIMALS AND A BABY'; the nativity seen from the animals' point of view;

''TWAS THE SQUEAK BEFORE CHRISTMAS'; A charming Christmas story for young children with just a hint of the frustrations that can arise between parents on Christmas Eve.

'SANTA SLEEPS IN!'; what happens when the elves can't wake up Santa on Christmas Eve?

'ELLIE THE SHY CHICK', a collaboration with his five-year-old granddaughter Emma tells how Ellie has to overcome her shyness to take her new baby brother to the park and protect him from the bigger animals. As a result they both make lots of new friends.

And three ‘Chapter’ Books:

'THE DAY THE WIND BLEW', about a ten-year-old boy, James, whose face gets stuck with his tongue sticking out when the wind blows.at his mum. When she says, 'If the wind blows

‘HAROLD THE BIONIC HAMSTER', Back to your cave, Batman! Hang up your cape, Superman! There's a new crime-busting, freedom-fighting hero in town: Harold the BIONIC hamster!

‘FLORENCE THE SPROUT_LOVING FLAUTIST’ One Christmas Florence discovers she loves sprouts and wants them with everything meal - even custard. Of course, everyone knows eating lots of sprouts can give you wind, sometimes uncontrollable, smelly wind. If she wants to carry on eating sprouts she has to learn to control herself. She does this so well that she learns that she can play flute/trumping ‘duets’ by herself: she’s so good that her brother enters her in a TV talent show.

Find out if Florence can overcome the problem of the gross smell she produces, whether her ‘gas’ is poisonous or flammable, and what happens when the whole country seems to run out of sprouts!

Loads of jokes about bottoms and wind and smells!