My bio as written on my homepage reads like this: V.E. Shearman was born in Essex, England in the year 1966, the youngest of three sons to William and Olive Shearman. The major event of his childhood was the death of his mother due to complications caused by yellow jaundice in 1980 after spending a year or two in various hospitals about the country. In 1989 he started working for the government as a civil servant. It was a very good job with bursts of activity that happened for 4 or 5 days at the end and the beginning of each month followed by a lull for the rest of the month in which there was very little work to do. In the early days he was even given paid days off because of the lack of work during the quiet part of the month. When he was in the office during that time it was ideal for thinking of ideas for books to write or just to catch up on sleep. With no work to do even the bosses didn’t mind him sleeping too much, so long as he didn’t snore too loudly. In October of 1998 he met Lisa, the woman who was to become his wife for the first time in real life. They had met on the internet a couple of years earlier and he finally plucked up the courage for a visit. At the time she was living in the Phoenix area of Arizona and working for a software company. In November 1998 his father died from complications caused by a stroke, almost a month to the day of his returning from his first trip to Arizona. In March 2001 he left his job in preparation for emigrating. The place was a lot different than it had been, although he still got away with the occasional nap when the work was done. At this time the busy period of the month was almost two weeks in length. Now, several years later, he still keeps in touch with one of the people he worked with during those years and gets regular updates as to what has changed. From what he hears he is glad that he jumped ship when he did. In July 2001 he finally (after much persuasion) married Lisa. In 2002 he decided to try his hand at acting and has appeared in many short films including Ghost Rock, The Last Gunfighter (both of which can be found on IMDB) and also an episode of America’s Most Wanted. He still considers himself as available for acting work, but all acting has to fit around his current work schedule. In 2008 he published his first novel, London Wild. He has two brothers. Tony lives in Felixstowe in England. He is fairly well known there as a playwright and actor. His other brother, Douglas lives in Witham in Essex and is happily married to Ros. Vince and his wife are the proud adoptive parents of four very beautiful kitties. The four little ‘cat-onalities’ are: Zoe, who wants to mother everyone whether they want to be mothered or not; Zoe is also the self appointed guardian of the house, going mad whenever a neighbors’ cat dares to set foot on her property. Lexi, Zoe’s littermate twin sister is more adventurous, slinky, and likes to explore closed cupboards; it’s not for nothing that’s she’s known as the cat burglar. Then there’s Mystic, the only male, energetic, rambunctious and lithe little cat, he loves to play and can also be quite naughty when he wants something. Finally there is Shadow, a grey little moggy that used to be a stray, she is terrified of loud noises, especially thunderstorms. Motivations are harder to name, I've been writing since I was 6 or 7, there are probably a lot of things that have influenced me and my work over the years that I don't even realise. I write sci-fi and fantasy. I currently have a sci-fi novel available at amazon.com 'London Wild' and by the end of this year I hope to see my first fantasy trilogy in print.