Turning the page, I kept reading.
Contracting polio at age 12 had left my right arm and right leg paralysed, and me in a hospital bed. But devouring books such as The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn gave me a glimpse of the excitement life offered.
By the time I was cured at the age of 14, I had a lot of living to catch up on!
Leaving school at 15, I worked as an artist and actor. But what I really loved was exploring marine life, and I’d often go
