Glen R Stansfield

Born in Rossendale, in the Lancashire Pennines, I grew up  with a freedom and innocence I believe children no longer enjoy. They were magical times when play was a product of the imagination; when a tree trunk became a pirate ship, a stick was a sword: all done without the aid of electronics.

My early recollections of school are of a remarkable, but fairly strict headmaster, Marcus Dearden. He had an amazing ability to spot the enquiring mind, encourage and develop it. This is where my interest in writing started and was nurtured, but for many years I put it on the back burner to concentrate on other things.

I returned to writing in 2012 and published my first novel in 2015.

Aside from my crime novels, I have written short stories and articles for various publications in Bahrain as well as a cookbook. In 2023, I had a short story selected for inclusion in Arabian Noir, an anthology published by the Middle Eastern Chapter of the Crime Writers Association, the first publication of its kind by a chapter of the CWA.

I currently reside in South-West Scotland with my wife Jess.