- He was born in Hampshire. He read History at Cambridge and worked as an educational administrator in Devon before becoming a full-time novelist.
- He was not impressed with the adaptation of his novel Into the Blue (1997). In an interview, he said "The TV version of Into the Blue was a travesty of the story I wrote and I am determined that any future adaptations should be more faithful to the original."
- His wife Vaunda is jointly credited as copyright holder for many of his novels.
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