Ben was born in Oldham Lancashire, moved to Spain for several years and now lives in Surrey with his wife (and best friend) Julie. He has three grown up sons; Ben, Nathan & Harley and a young granddaughter, Hollie ... "I feel sorry for Hollie's boyfriends when she gets older. If any of this book's character types go anywhere near her, he'll have four of us to deal with!.." In his spare time he has recently got back involved in his first love, music production and enjoys polluting the ambience of England's south coast & countryside at the weekends on his Harley Davidson with his old school mate...