Rik Stone

Biography

Rik Stone grew up amidst the slum-lands of fifties North East England and left school at fifteen without academic qualifications.

He worked in the shipyards on a local river, spent time in the merchant navy, and went on to work in quarries in South East England.

The time came he yearned for change, so he began to study. Beginning with lower level stuff, he worked through to gaining a BSc. degree in mathematics and computing.

But he loved reading and because of it, fiction writing had always been his want. After an early retirement at fifty years of age, he was able to pursue the dream seriously. From that dream came his debut novel, Birth of an Assassin, the first in the series.

Fun Facts

Hobbies

Walking, gardening, reading, travel, exercising, being out in the fresh air; feels like I'm filling out a form for a singles club.

Most Exotic Place Visited

I'll give that to a Kenyan safari because it was the first really exotic place I went to for a holiday.

What Shampoo Do You Use?

Whichever one my wife left lying around.

Your Dream Car

A Ford Mustang, because I can maybe see it in my affordable future.

Favorite Sport

Boxing, Football.

Number of Published Books

4, sort of. One of them is a box set.

Book that Changed Your Life

Birth of an Assassin, not because I wrote as such, but because writing it really did change my life.

Favorite Place to Write

Sun lounge, it faces south, so I don't need to be told the sun is out. I see it, feel it, drop everything and use gardening as an excuse to get out there.