Alan’s books are firmly based on personal experience. His novel, ‘The Foreign Aide’, is set in civil war Beirut in 1975. That’s exactly when and where Alan began his 30-year association with the Mid-East. And ‘The Marathon Years’ is the true story of the decade he spent as the sole carer for his wife, Lena, through her dementia journey.
‘Yes there have been deep lows’, Alan says. ‘But incredible highs. I’m so lucky to have the ingredients for a dozen books. Now I just have to cook ’em.’
When he’s not cooking, Alan’s an enthusiastic runner / walker, exploring rural Manchester and Salford.
