Richard Buxton

Richard lives with his family in the South Downs, Sussex, England. He completed an MA in Creative Writing at Chichester University in 2014 where he began developing his ideas for the Shire's Union trilogy. He has an abiding relationship with America, having studied at Syracuse University, New York State, in the late eighties. His short stories have won the Exeter Story Prize, the Bedford International Writing Competition and the Nivalis Short Story Award.

Richard’s first novel, Whirligig (book one of Shire's Union) was published in 2017 and shortlisted for the Rubery International Book Award.

The Copper Road (book two of Shire's Union) was a finalist in the 2020 Wishing Shelf Book Award.

Tigers in Blue (book three of Shire's Union) was published in December 2023.