Dennis Apperly

Dennis Apperly was born in Gloucester, England on December 12, 1945. He entered journalism in 1968 in South Africa as a sub-editor/reporter on the South African Press Association in Johannesburg. When he returned to the United Kingdom in early 1970, he embarked upon a career of journalism that lasted for more than 50 years, travelling all over the world in a variety of roles. He became launch editor of the Gloucester Express in 1985, when he ran the award-winning Aid Africa Campaign, himself escorting a lorryload of educational supplies to a remote community in Darfur, Sudan, during a civil war in that country. Dennis has worked for a number of newspapers, including the Bristol Evening Post and the Birmingham Post, and ended his journalistic career as a freelance crime reporter.

When he retired Dennis wrote nine fiction novels and one non-fiction, The Road to Umm Keddada. He has had Wasteground and Looking for Lady published, and the other works are awaiting publication. He has also written numerous poems and essays. Dennis has one son, Laurence and two grandchildren, Molly and Ezra.