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Peter
Child commenced his writing career in 1969 when he contributed 60 ‘one line’
comedy gags each week for an American Radio
show called ‘FUNNYBIRDS’, which starred Goldie Hawn and Phyllis
Diller. Then after meeting Terry Nation, the creator
of ‘DR. WHO’, he was introduced to
Alastair Scott-Johnson, the BBC Producer responsible for such classics as ‘THE
NAVY LARK’ and ‘HANCOCK’S HALF HOUR.’
As a result of this, the BBC commissioned a Radio comedy pilot, which Peter
co-wrote, called ‘THE MOTORWAY MEN’, starring Milo O’Shea, Jimmy Beck and
Bill Pertwee. Then followed a series of 8 more
episodes of ‘THE MOTORWAY MEN’ which had a
listening audience of over 5
million
at the time. He also contributed to the comedy sketch shows, ‘DON’T ASK
US’ and ‘I’M SORRY I’LL READ THAT
AGAIN’.
Then
he turned to writing books and produced three technical books on the subject of
Automotive Paint Finishes whilst he was the Quality Control Manager and Chief
Test Driver at Aston Martin Lagonda Ltd.
The books were sold world wide and are used
in many technical colleges, universities as well as major motor manufacturers
such as Jaguar Cars Ltd for training. He
then wrote ‘NOTES FOR GOOD DRIVERS’ and ‘NOTES FOR COMPANY DRIVERS’
for drivers of all ages and abilities in the hope that these books would make a
contribution to road safety. He used his training
as a private pilot, he has a multi engine rating, to carry forward
his ideas of ‘safety style’ driving,
which he believes has enabled him to drive
more than 3 million miles in the
Now a full time author he has written
22 books,
5 technical and 17 novels, including the
Michel Ronay trilogy, which are amusing
stories about a French taxi driver in Marseille, which have been well received. His
latest novel, ‘The Diplomat Murders’ is the 13 of the Inspector Hadley series
set in Victorian times. He is currently writing another Inspector Hadley novel and more titles will follow this year.
Best Wishes
Peter Child