Michael Read was born in Bulwell, Nottingham, in 1951. He is married with three grown-up daughters. He spent all his working life in electrical engineering, 20 of which was in mining.
Upon retirement the possibility of exploring other talents became possible. Oil painting came first, to wheel a high standard was answered. Writing a novel in seven-week was a surprise, but is just the next chapter in life. He is looking forward to new opportunities.
Imagine building a device that could send a fully functioning facsimile of your own self into the past. You would put right some of the things you got wrong, wouldn’t you! Nothing could go wrong, could it? You couldn’t make things worse, could you? You could just use it for sightseeing maybe. Se...
