Welcome to my website and Caribbean High
I know it’s traditional for authors to write about themselves in the third person but I find that rather cold, after all you have taken the time to visit my site, you should receive a personal welcome.
Like most writers, I have done many things in my life. I hated school and left at the first opportunity. With no qualifications to speak of, I set off on the long trek through the job market where I always found work, although often in the most unlikely places.
At the time, I had no idea that my experiences would lead to a career as a writer. I had a vivid imagination, and could tell a good yarn, but it wasn’t until later in life that I started writing things down.
All my life, I have had a passion for the sea. My great grandfather was at sea when a few sailing ships still plied their trade on the east coast of England.
A career in sailing, writing and journalism is a dream come true and it has lead to all sorts of things including broadcasting. Currently, I edit the Caribbean magazine All At Sea and host several radio programs on Island 92, a rock and blues station in St. Maarten, Dutch West Indies, which has strong links to the sailing community.
Sailing is my great love and long-distance, single-handed sailing, a passion.
There is a woman in my life. Jan is wife, lover and crew and, other than single-handed sailing, we share everything. On her travels with me, she has been shot at, mortared and, while sailing, twice capsized in a storm. She has kept me on track and I would not have made it this far without her.
Caribbean High is my first novel and in it there is quite a bit of sailing. I kept the nautical terms as simple as possible so that non-sailors could enjoy the action.
Readers have asked about the name of one of the main characters, Richard Turpin. As every Englishman knows, Dick Turpin was a notorious highwayman who terrorized travelers in the early 1700s. Turpin was executed on the 7 April 1739 and his story became the stuff of legends.
Am I stealing the famous name? Perhaps, but my family name is Turpin, of that I am inordinately proud.
If you enjoy Caribbean High, then look for the next book in the ‘Caribbean’ series towards the end of the year.
Gary.
Like most writers, I have done many things in my life. I hated school and left at the first opportunity. With no qualifications to speak of, I set off on the long trek through the job market where I always found work, although often in the most unlikely places.
At the time, I had no idea that my experiences would lead to a career as a writer. I had a vivid imagination, and could tell a good yarn, but it wasn’t until later in life that I started writing things down.
All my life, I have had a passion for the sea. My great grandfather was at sea when a few sailing ships still plied their trade on the east coast of England.
A career in sailing, writing and journalism is a dream come true and it has lead to all sorts of things including broadcasting. Currently, I edit the Caribbean magazine All At Sea and host several radio programs on Island 92, a rock and blues station in St. Maarten, Dutch West Indies, which has strong links to the sailing community.
Sailing is my great love and long-distance, single-handed sailing, a passion.
There is a woman in my life. Jan is wife, lover and crew and, other than single-handed sailing, we share everything. On her travels with me, she has been shot at, mortared and, while sailing, twice capsized in a storm. She has kept me on track and I would not have made it this far without her.
Caribbean High is my first novel and in it there is quite a bit of sailing. I kept the nautical terms as simple as possible so that non-sailors could enjoy the action.
Readers have asked about the name of one of the main characters, Richard Turpin. As every Englishman knows, Dick Turpin was a notorious highwayman who terrorized travelers in the early 1700s. Turpin was executed on the 7 April 1739 and his story became the stuff of legends.
Am I stealing the famous name? Perhaps, but my family name is Turpin, of that I am inordinately proud.
If you enjoy Caribbean High, then look for the next book in the ‘Caribbean’ series towards the end of the year.
Gary.
Caribbean High is available in paperback from amazon.com and amazon.co.uk
also as an e-book for Kindle
ISBN 978-1440433184
also as an e-book for Kindle
ISBN 978-1440433184
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