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 (now sadly deceased).

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.