D.F. Gregory was born in 1968, and brought up in the historic Yorkshire village of Hatfield. He graduated from the University of Huddersfield in 1999 with a Bachelor of Arts honours degree in history before moving to London for further study and work.
He later returned to the north of England to become a family carer to a terminally ill parent with dementia. In May 2007 he became an elected town councillor, and despite suffering a physically debilitating and disabling brainstem infarction in 2015, he continued in this role later being appointed mayor twice before retiring his seat in June 2022. His literary pursuits became a relaxing pastime, assisting in his stroke rehabilitation, and later graduating into a passionate interest resulting in this publication.
A collection of poems inspired by the life experiences of the author.D.F. Gregory started writing poetry and short stories as a pastime in his early forties, and more so during the period that he was a family carer to his late mother who was suffering from Alzheimer’s and cancer, which was at a mo...
