Written by - Anne Piper Publicist to Gregory Dark
Gregory Dark has been described as combining the worst excesses of Lord Byron, the Mahatma Gandhi ...
and Homer Simpson.
Of Anglo-American heritage, Gregory has written, directed and produced in theatre, cinema and television ; has assisted both James Bond and Edward Bond ; has survived working with sharks, crocodiles, black mambas... and a few directors more dangerous than any of these. However, in recent years Gregory has given his time to his work as an author.
Gregory Dark was born on 31st August 1950. Forty-seven years later Princess Diana would be killed on that date: and, of course, eleven years previously on the same day, German troops had massed on the Polish border. Both these events would have a significance in Greg's life.
When Gregory was 6 months old, his father, John, moved the family to Kenya. He had done his National Service there and had fallen in love with the country. John took courageous stands against a pervading racism which infected the ex-pat community there at that time. But the Mau-Mau weren't to know that! Following an attempt on his sister's life, the family returned to " Blighty ". His father's passionate hatred of racism, and Greg's first brush with terrorism would also be significant in his later world-view.
The sights of his childhood, the experiences of his adulthood, his relationships (good and bad) and his ability to use all with complete openess and honesty have led him to become the writer that he is today. A writer who not just questions the world in which we live, but who asks us to do the same. A writer who is not afraid to write about the real world, not the world we are encouraged to see by those in authority. A writer who knows man's faults, man's excesses and man's ability to make mistakes, but still encourages that "man" to believe in his rights to have a say in the world around him, and decide his own path.
To find out in more detail about Gregory Dark please visit www.gregorydark.net
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