Behind every book I write, and woven into every story, is a mix of ideas and influences. These posts give some background behind the Leathan Wilkey series.
Behind every book I write, and woven into every story, is a mix of ideas and influences. These posts give some background behind the Leathan Wilkey series.
When I started writing the Leathan Wilkey series, beyond telling the stories, I was interested to look at two aspects of modern life: first, how an individual survives without many comparatively modern items that we now take for granted, and second, how we ascribe value …
last updated: 17 March 2019; category: background tags: barter money digital footprint value
Some music is evocative of time or place. There are two tracks that, whenever I hear them, I think: Leathan Wilkey in Paris.
last updated: 14 October 2018; category: background tags: Parisienne Walkways Paris One Day the Messiah Will Come guitar
Before I wrote the first Leathan Wilkey book, I had the notion of a character who was later called Leathan. I had an idea of someone who was very human. A man who connected with people on a very human level. But a man, for whom life was difficult because of his unique …
last updated: 10 October 2017; category: background tags: Diplomatic Baggage
Did you know that leather floors are a thing? Instead of carpets, tiles, or wood to cover the floor, you can have leather. Yeah, I didn’t know either.
last updated: 13 June 2017; category: background tags: leather floors
The Leathan Series: Order of Reading/Writing
If you’ve ever wondered about the order of the Leathan Wilkey series of novels…
last updated: 13 June 2017; category: background
I set my second series—the Leathan Wilkey series—in Paris. I knew I wanted to set the books in a different city, I just wasn’t sure which city. All I really knew was that Leathan wasn’t going to be in London. And much of the reason for this …
last updated: 9 May 2017; category: background tags: Paris London
I had an idea for a second series of books which became the Leathan Wilkey series. I wasn’t certain about the location—Budapest and Sarajevo were possibilities—but the most likely location was Paris. So I went to Paris to have a look.
last updated: 10 January 2017; category: background tags: Bag Man Paris research