Bio
I was born in Biggar, Saskatchewan on August 31, 1938, but raised in Whalley’s Corner, Surrey, British Columbia. I’m still married to my first wife and we have three children and four grandchildren.
At a very young age, I followed in my parent’s footsteps and became an avid reader. As children, my two sisters and five brothers watched our parents tap out stories on an old portable Underwood typewriter. I envied their patience as they wrote and rewrote, typing page after page. Weaver and Isabel Lucy Wilson never became well-known authors, but they were certainly my inspiration.
It wasn’t until my wife, Sarah, purchased our first computer in 1994 that I became determined to follow my parents and become a writer. I entered the Surrey Creative Writing Program and began my first attempts at writing. By the time I received my certificate, I had had numerous articles about growing up in Whalley’s Corner published in the Vancouver Sun, Pioneer News and the Salt’n Paper.
What the young people accomplished in Hungary in 1956 always fascinated me. I had read numerous non-fiction accounts of what took place and I decided to write my novel, A Reluctant Revolutionary.
I look forward to having my second novel Jeremy’s Journey, published in 2008.
Contact: lewww@telus.net