Difficult to highlight my motivations behind writing as I've been doing it as far back as I remember. To paraphrase the great Joseph Campbell I learnt to "follow my bliss". That said, major books in my life have been Moby Dick, 1984, Lord of the Flies, The Moomin books, Alice in Wonderland, The Wizard of Oz, The Great Gatsby, Confederacy of Dunces, Breakfast of Champions and countless non-fiction books. more...