Mark Floyer was born in London in 1955 and spent his early childhood in the Indian sub-continent. He read English Literature at Oxford University and spent his career as a secondary school teacher and latterly a creative writing tutor working for adult education providers. He has published extensively over the years and has two collections out with Paekakariki Press: “Crow Dusk” (2018) and “Scrabbled” (2021), and holds a PhD in Anglophone Indian Poetry from Chichester University. A keen amateur cricketer, he has represented Devon and Sussex in the Seniors County Championship and written a cricketing memoir, Chasing Balloons (Charlcombe Books, 2019). He currently lives in mid Sussex and is married to Snezana with whom he shares four children and six grandchildren, three dogs, and a fluctuating number of chickens.
Paperback: 94 pages
Publisher: Kelsay Books (August 2, 2024)