Colin Johnson grew up and still lives in Leeds. Colin’s background is in academic research and technical writing, but he has also read a lot of science fiction and listened to a lot of music of all types. His experience of music and popular culture, in the novel’s unnamed ‘Northern town’, provides the backdrop for many of the key events and misadventures of the protagonist and his friends. When he is not writing, Colin rides a bike, tries to grow a wildflower meadow and enjoys time with his family.
Nicky is sixteen and lives in a dull Northern town in 1978, but science fiction, music, and his colourful friends give him a sense of purpose. Then, he meets Angela, everything changes, and he takes teenage alienation to a whole new level. Saving the World, One Mix-Tape at a Time is a coming-of-age...