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Rob
Lewis A Potted Biography...A Sad And Sordid Tale
Born
in a respectable London suburb in July 1962, little did
the world know what was to come...
Even
in the early days at school in Bath, dangerous creative
tendencies were beginning to show. His English teacher had
to mark stories that took up whole exercise books. Academic
work promised Oxford University but parties and laziness
resulted in only one ‘O’ Level in art! In the sixth form
things went from bad to worse. He became involved in New
Age culture-flying saucers, ley lines, stone circles and
peppermint tea! His nickname was Mr Daydream. His mind was
in the clouds.
After
A levels and O Level retakes the crunch came in 1981. The
only people to have him were a motley crew of lecturers
on the Foundation Course in Filton, Bristol. A desolate
place surrounded by British Aerospace airfields and an army
of gas fitters. Then Bristol Polytechnic unwisely offered
him a place on their Graphic Design degree course but he
squandered his time playing in a rock band and making beer
commercials.
In 1984,
hopes rose when he married Tracey who was on the same course.
And to start with he planned to be a humble film editor
in the cut throat world of television....
But
on leaving college he turned to the dangerous world of children’s
books dragging his wife with him.... In 1986 it wasn’t long
before they fell in with notorious ‘Macdonald’ and ended
up on his payroll... Until gangland publisher wars (Signem
& Shooter) replaced him.
In 1989
Tracey escaped this terrible debauched world when their
first son Timothy was born. But Rob sank lower... In the
same year he became caught up with the Random House Gang...where
he worked with Bodley ‘The Head’
In 1990
he was finally taken away to the remote Welsh hills for
therapy at an isolated seven acre smallholding... He became
the pastor of a church for four years but now he leads a
simple life gardening, playing music and mucking around
on the computer. They even let him out from time to time
to entertain children in schools and libraries.
Provided
by Rob Lewis
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