Alex is the author of four novels, two works of non-fiction, and has contributed to two anthologies. His first novel Sleeping with the Blackbirds, a darkly humorous urban fantasy, written for children and young adults, was initially published in 2011. It was longlisted by the Millennium Book Aw...Alex is the author of four novels, two works of non-fiction, and has contributed to two anthologies. His first novel Sleeping with the Blackbirds, a darkly humorous urban fantasy, written for children and young adults, was initially published in 2011. It was longlisted by the Millennium Book Awards 2018 and selected by the Indie Author Project in 2019 for distribution to public libraries across the US and Canada.In 2014, his fictionalised account of the first British serviceman to be executed for cowardice during the First World War was published by Mardibooks in its anthology, The Clock Struck War.His psychological thriller, The Chair Man, which is set in London in 2005 following the terrorist attack on its public transport system, was published in 2020 and was a Finalist in the 2021 Wishing Shelf Book Awards.During the Covid epidemic, Alex conducted 100 author interviews online in an attempt to delve into the backgrounds, motivations and working methods of authors across the globe. These interviews were published in 2022 under the title 100 Ways to Write a Book, and all author proceeds are being donated to PEN International.His first comic murder mystery, A Brand to Die For is set in the London advertising world of 1983. It is, in fact, the first murder mystery set in a London advertising agency since Dorothy L. Sayers penned Murder Must Advertise back in 1933.A collection of essays and pieces he penned for Huffington Post were published in 2024 under the title: Random Ramblings of a Short-sighted Writer.One Man Down is the sequel to A Brand to Die For and has been taken up by Roundfire Books (the fiction imprint of Collective Ink).In 2025, he compiled and contributed to a new anthology of cricket writing, The Faintest of Tickles, an eclectic collection of pieces by journalists, novelists and those passionate about the noble game.Later in the year, he also contributed to Crime Songs, a new anthology of crime stories based on the titles of popular songs; his being My Father’s Gun by Elton John.Alex lives in NW London with his wife and eccentric cat.He is quite possibly the only human being on this planet to have been inadvertently locked in a record shop on Christmas Eve.
The tale of a stumped policeman, a third man, and a well-placed shot. It’s 1984. Princess Diana has just given birth to her second child. The legendary comic Tommy Cooper has died on stage...
