Photo: Pete EmmersonBorn in Brentwood in Essex. The only son of an English Father and an East African born German Mother.Father of 5, Step-father to 2, Grandfather to 12. Retired, and Living in the...view morePhoto: Pete EmmersonBorn in Brentwood in Essex. The only son of an English Father and an East African born German Mother.Father of 5, Step-father to 2, Grandfather to 12. Retired, and Living in the 1066 county of East Sussex on the South coast of England.I joined the British Army as a boy-entrant in 1961, served in a number of countries around the world until 1973, picking up a few strange habits along the way, including ‘people watching’ which has become an invaluable aid to me in character creation.I retired from my long time profession as an IT Tutor in 2008 and began writing in earnest.view less