Gary joined Kent Police at the age of 18 and worked in a variety of uniformed roles before he was diagnosed with a life-limiting and incurable disease of the heart at the age of 29. He retired the following year, and bought a coffee shop in Ramsgate Harbour, where he spent years looking out to sea and dreaming up stories.
He now writes full time, committing those very stories to paper.
After the Storm was released in August 2024 by Avon Books UK (HarperCollins), and Into the Fire will be released in June 2025. They are both set in the fictional town of Beachbrook, a coastal community which has an uncanny similarity to the towns he grew up in, and where he still resides.
