Robert Whiting

So, where did I learn to write and why?

I learned at school (of course!) to engage with others

What did I do before I took up full time writing well, here goes with the most recent first...

Author - Murder mysteries

Just me!

May 2001 up to now

Wrote 4 novels and then the fifth was published (Death at the Bridge Table)

Publication date August 2021

The Brogdale Murders - Corners

A 'locked room' mystery

Adur Valley Bridge Clubs

Established the group

Bridge Club Proprietor - 5 clubs now closed...thanks to COVID

Jan 2009 – May 2021

Played a lot of bridge but nobody died at any of our tables

Henfield Duplicate Bridge Society

Chairman

1987 – 2012

Played a lot of bridge but nobody died at any of our tables

James Hay Partnership

Senior Consultant

Dec 1993 – Mar 2002

Played a lot of bridge but nobody died at any of the tables where I sat

Whiting Pension Services Ltd

Established Co. & Managing Director

Dec 1991 – Dec 1994

Played a lot of bridge but nobody died at any of the tables where I sat

Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs (HMRC)

Authorised Pensioneer Trustee, Nationwide Field of StudyActuarial Studies

1993 – 2000

Whiting Financial Services

Sole Proprietor

Dec 1991 – Dec 1994

Played a lot of bridge but nobody died at any of the tables where I sat

Sun Alliance Assurance

Senior Consultatnt

Feb 1970 – Dec 1991

Advised after qualifying with FCII

Played a lot of bridge but nobody died at any of the tables where I sat

Oadby Bridge Club

Founder & Chairman

Jan 1975 – April 1979

Played a lot of bridge but nobody died at any of the tables where I sat

Horsham Bridge Club

Committee Member

Dec 1972 – December 1975

Played a lot of bridge but nobody died at any of the tables where I sat

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But my writing really started in a little Nursery School at the bottom of St John's Road, Faversham

(The relevance of which will be seen in my second novel - Death at the Oast House (working title))

So, you might ask - where did it all begin?

Queen Elizabeths ll Grammar School, Faversham, Kent

September 1962 – February 1970

Established and ran a school Bridge Club

And before that? Christmas 1961 my Great Aunts began teaching me bridge - I was eleven years old