Born in inner city Liverpool to Alice and Peter Conlin in 1944, I am the second youngest in a line of eight children, husband of fifty-one years to Joan and father to Terry, Barry and Tony.
My jou...view moreBorn in inner city Liverpool to Alice and Peter Conlin in 1944, I am the second youngest in a line of eight children, husband of fifty-one years to Joan and father to Terry, Barry and Tony.
My journey into storyville began with my elder brother John, as a child I looked forward to his stories each night before falling asleep, John had an amazing imagination that kept us younger children mesmerised for hours, telling us all the classics, like Treasure Island, Gulliver’s Travellers and Black Beauty.
This then gave me a foundation to develop my own writing skills, which would then go onto serve me as a playwright, forming my own Theatre Production Company in 2009 (Wildflower Productions). I am currently in the process of staging my fourth play and my second book, a sequel to Pancho The Cat.
I dedicate this story to my brother John Anthony Conlin, it was his love of storytelling that gave me the confidence and courage to dream big and go after that dream.
I would like to thank Angela Preston for her help with the manuscript, Josie Parkes for instilling the confidence in me to get the book finished and Peter Taafe for his amazing drawings. But most importantly I would like to thank my wife Joan who’s support and encouragement has helped me to never give up on achieving my goals and my sons for being a support mechanism.view less