Alan R M Thrush

My second book, A Cross For Two Graves, will be published early in February 2021. Pre-ordering will open soon. A panorama of the aftermath of war, the characters of this novel move back and forth in time between the blended skylines of present-day London and Johannesburg, and the harsh, unforgiving bush of central Africa. I hope that readers will find it to be a taut, spellbinding narrative of five people’s search for the truth about post traumatic stress.

Biography

Born in England, I emigrated as a small boy with my parents and sister to Rhodesia in 1960. I had the privilege of attending Christian Brothers College in Bulawayo, a school which taught me what I consider to be the solid values that have guided my life. Called up for national service in January 1974, I opted for selection and training as an infantry officer, ending the bush war as a captain in the Rhodesian African Rifles, and receiving the Bronze Cross for gallantry under fire.

In 1980 I left Zimbabwe for South Africa, to begin a career in business-to-business marketing. I ran my own consultancy in Johannesburg for 30 years, and still run it today, though from Spain where I moved in 2016.

I have two grown-up children.