About Michael Jecks

Michael Jecks has always been fascinated by medieval history, but it was only after he decided to change his career that he was able to indulge his interest full time.

Born in 1960 in Surrey, he was at heart a countryman. His family went to Devon every Easter, and early on he knew he wanted to live in the county.

Originally he trained as an Actuary, but soon he changed career to become a computer salesman, and was happily employed for thirteen years.

In 1993, on honeymoon in Devon, he visited Fursdon House. Shortly afterwards he had the idea for a medieval murder story. Michael then found himself unemployed, and with the support of his wife and parents, he decided to try to write the novel, which soon became THE LAST TEMPLAR. It was finished in March 1994, and Headline bought it, commissioning two more in the series.

At last Michael and his wife have managed to make the move to Devon. They live in a small village in northern Dartmoor with their daughter, new baby son and Bernese Mountain Dog, with whom Michael walks over the moors and ancient tracks researching his stories. Often he will take a book to read while walking, with the unfortunate result that he was once witnessed walking into a telegraph pole.

He loves writing. "It is the only career for which I have been paid to daydream" he says, "and being able to write and entertain other people and earn a living at the same time is a marvellous way to live. I wouldn't change anything"

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