Rowan MacNeill

Rowan MacNeill was born on Teeside, into a family with roots in England, Ireland and Scotland. He grew up in Liverpool; at school, he was very good at sports that involved running in straight lines but not so much when they involved going round corners.

From an early age, he found himself fascinated with stories.

He studied Engineering at Kings’ College, where he met his wife.

Along the way, he did an assortment of jobs: greengrocer, barman, dishwasher, labourer, electrician, interpreter, technical draftsman – until he settled into his profession of Engineering, building bridges and roads and railway stations, airfields and office blocks and even houses.

All the while the urge to devise stories, and to write them down, remained with him.

These days, when not writing or walking the dog or socialising or doing bits of consultancy or playing the piano, he occasionally does exciting things like flying birds of prey.

MacNeill lives on the Hampshire/Berkshire border, with his wife and an English Shepherd dog with too much personality.