Roger Harvey was born in 1953 and lives in Newcastle. He took a degree in Law and became a teacher of English, History and Drama before establishing himself as a writer. His published works include the novels The Silver Spitfire, Percy and Dinah, The White Owls of Winter and A Woman Who Lives by the Sea. He worked as radio scriptwriter and advertising copywriter for 16 years and has written several radio and audio plays including Asra! Asra! about the secret love-life of Samuel Taylor Coleridge. His stage plays include the black farce Money Money Money, the pantomimes Up the  Pole and Donkey Skin. His play Guinevere-Jennifer re-tells the Camelot story from Guinevere’s point-of-view; after its stage tour, Guinevere-Jennifer was made into a film. In the 1970s Roger was Editor of Poetry North-East magazine; among his poetry collections are Raising the Titanic, Divided  Attention and the award-winning audio collection Northman’s Prayer. His latest poetry collection is  a retrospective covering six decades of published work How Happy Were the Mornings (Tweedsett Books, 2023). Poet on the Road is the intimate travelogue if a sensational reading tour across the USA and The Writing Business is a miscellany of essays on the literary life. Roger’s other books include the nostalgic children’s adventure Albatross Bay, the romantic comedy River of Dreams and the short-story collection The Green Dress and Other Stories. Recent releases include Maiden Voyage, a novel set around the building of the transatlantic liner Mauretania and the Room for Love trilogy set in 1960s Northumberland.  Roger has been an SoA member since 1989.