Paul Sands was born in 1962 and raised close to the River Trent in Nottingham. He attended comprehensive school in Selston.From the age of 16 he plied his trade in the IT industry, between playing in noisy beat combos, for twenty-seven years until downsized and outsourced in 2006.
After dallying with photography he now lives and works, as an F.E. Learning Support Assistant, in Lincolnshire.
He self published his first collection of poetry, Ego...Ergo (ISBN 9781471758676), in June 2012. The summer of 2013 saw him publish a second collection entitled Scratch (ISBN 9781291525168). A third collection, A to Believe, is planned for August 2014