Jonathan Rowe

These days I teach Sociology and Psychology, but started out as an English teacher. I live in Lincolnshire, UK and have two daughters who inspired me to write. I've published Philosophy study guides for Pushme Press and I'm working on several novels. I have spent a lifetime playing fantasy roleplaying games and generally living in a world of my own. I like smooth jazz, real ale and old wisdom.

I grew up in Scotland, in Edinburgh. I got really attached to the romance of Scotland, the wild and relatively empty landscape, the austere stone houses and the tall Edinburgh tenements. It's an 18th century city and you can't escape history there. I went to Saint Andrews University to read English and Philosophy. There's a spot on the pavement outside St Salvator's Chapel where Patrick Hamilton was burned at the stake by the bishop for his Protestant faith. His initials, PH, are set among the cobbles. As students, the folklore was that if you stood on the PH you would fail your Finals! I'd urge anyone to visit Saint Andrews though - it's a beautiful town and they don't burn people there any more.