Well, thanks for dropping by and welcome to
my webpage and blog, I’m delighted that you decided to come and learn a little
about me... I hope that means you are already enjoying my books!
Okay, I’ll tell you a little of my journey
so far. I was born in England and spent most of my youth growing up in the
Essex countryside. It’s a beautiful part of England, up near the Suffolk
border, but I was born with a heavy dose of 'travel lust' so as soon as I could
get a passport and adventure the world, I packed a rucksack and went exploring!
It was a bit of a risk and my parents
weren’t too taken with the idea, but I was lucky that they were very supportive of me and encouraged me to go out and discover the world. That must have been so hard for them. I know there were periods when I was in a desert or central India that I didn't call or write for months. It's only now as a parent myself that I truly comprehend what I put them through.
I’m still travelling and have been lucky enough to live and travel in loads of countries all over the world. In fact, I’ve now lived for more years outside of England than I ever spent living there – It is, after all, a great big exciting world!
I’m still travelling and have been lucky enough to live and travel in loads of countries all over the world. In fact, I’ve now lived for more years outside of England than I ever spent living there – It is, after all, a great big exciting world!
I’ve worked and trained as a carpenter, and
then a house restorer… I’ve picked loads of different types of fruit - from
grapes in France to avocados in Israel. I travelled with the Bedouin in the
Sanai desert for several months and even did a stint as a stock broker in Hong
Kong. I’ve called Buddhist monasteries in the Himalayan Mountains home, and then
moved on and loved the clamour of central Hong Kong, it’s been a ride and a
blast.
In my later years, I came back to Europe
and restored an old farmhouse in deep rural Burgundy, dallied in Amsterdam for
a number of years, and then came south in search of the sun again. I’ve always
vowed to return and sink some roots back in English soil... but I haven’t got
there yet, maybe someday, there are just so many interesting places out there. I
do live a little closer to England now, just outside of Barcelona, Spain in the middle of the forest with my dogs and two wonderful
children, it’s a great place to write.
As I’m sure you’ve noticed, my writing is
mostly fantasy and many of my experiences in Asia, India, Africa and the Middle
East come to life in my writing. I’ve seen and done some pretty strange things
on my travels and bumped into some incredible characters, so writing fantasy is
almost like writing fact for me… sort of. When I started writing Shadowland, I
had the intention that there would be no fantasy in it at all, but then came
the druids and then one of the main characters, Cal found he had a pretty
strange affinity with wolves, so my historical fiction became historical
fantasy… but it’s made it a very popular book!
I love writing and I hope you enjoy reading
my books. Thank you for being the reader that you are!
So once again, thanks for dropping by.
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books and tell all your friends to read them as well!
Follow your dreams and read as you go!
C.M.Gray
Barcelona 2013
