I was born in Exeter, in South Devon, in the middle of 1949 and grew up in the city. I was educated at what was Hele's Grammar School for boys. Later in life I enrolled in the Open University and obtained a BSc.

My work background was in insurance and IT. When I retired in 2005 at the tender age of 56, my wife Clare and I sold up and moved to a small hamlet in the middle of France where we stayed for thirteen years. In 2019, we relocated to South Yorkshire with our two dogs.

During my working life, I spent five years living in Dubai, half a year in Nigeria and two years in Tanzania, which had an enormous effect on shaping my world view and my way of looking at life

As a writer of fiction, I make up and write lies (and some poetry - mostly limericks) for the sheer pleasure of doing it. These lies generally end up on my blog at keithkreates.com, as do a few of the photographs I take from time to time and some of my paintings (a more recent venture).

I have also self-published through Amazon a few novels and a collection of short stories (http://www.amazon.co.uk/-/e/B07YX8VFCM).

Oh yes, INTJ-T.