Geoff Nelder (57) is a freelance writer living in Chester, UK with his long-suffering wife and two occasional lodgers: his grown-up children whose sense and high intelligence persist in being a mystery to him.

He has had non-fiction books published on microclimates in the UK along with several articles in academic journals such as Weather, Geographical Magazine and the Times Educational Supplement. Geoff is a part-time journalist contributing humorous travel accounts to Cycling World.

He has had short stories accepted for publication by several ezines, small-press Crystal: the magazine for Writers and won a commendation for a story in the Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future Competition. He won first prize in the Café Doom short story competition in 2005.

Besides Escaping Reality he has completed another novel, Hot Air, which is also an adventure thriller, a Science Fiction block buster, and is progressing its sequel. Geoff is the leading scriptwriter for an experimental Internet TV sitcom, and an editor / moderator for the writing community BeWrite.net

You can email the author at: geoff.nelder@bramblingbooks.co.uk