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Geoff King writes multi-genre fiction (long and short form), non-fiction and poetry, mostly influenced by themes of social justice, environment and alternative lifestyles. In July 2023 he was awarded a first class BA (Hons) degree in Creative Writing by the University of the Highlands and Islands.
His first novel Echoes of the Ancestors, was The Press & Journal’s book of the week in March 2014.
He published his second novel Nutters in 2019.
He has work published in The Rabbit Hole: Weird Stories Volume One, Atlas Poetica, Bright Stars, Earth Pathways Calendar & Diary, and Northern Writes, several articles on scififantasynetwork.com (now discontinued) and guest blogs for Luna Press and Moniack Mhor.
He is now seeking representation for a literary novella and a fantasy novel for older teens. He also offers freelance editing and proofreading work, one-to-one tutoring and mentoring for beginner writers and continues to strive towards a sustainable lifestyle.
His current work-in-progress is a literary novella about a teenage boy’s coming-of-age and growing political awareness in the early days of Thatcherism. Next will be a science-fiction novel.
After dropping out of a Zoology degree at Royal Holloway College, University of London, Geoff endured a series of unsatisfactory positions as a wage slave, before deciding to “stick it to The Man” and attempt self-employment in the wonderful realm of woodwork. He won multiple prizes for his “Original Wooden Toys” before branching out into furniture and joinery. After being flattened by the steamroller of Lyme Disease he started making wooden jewellery. After forty-two years of self-employment, he is virtually unemployable in the world of “normal” work because he refuses to do what he’s told – except by his wife, with whom he is willing to negotiate.
He lives in the lowlands of the Highlands of Scotland on the wooded smallholding he has been co-creating with his wife for the last thirty years, and where they grow organic fruit and veg. He loves trees and believes there are not enough of them, either in his vicinity or in the world. He is an unconventional, quiet revolutionary, an activist and campaigner for the environment and social justice, an ardent pacifist, and a little shy.
His alter ego, The Raggedy Rhymer, conjures ‘spoken weird’: https://www.youtube.com/@CanIusethis100/videos
In addition to writing, he designs and makes pieces of hand carved wooden jewellery, which were quite unique until a few other people started copying his work. No longer able to travel to festivals and other selling events, he now works mostly to commission. You can see some here: https://woodlandtreasures.co.uk/
Unfortunately, he can’t afford to work for nothing, so subscribers to his Patreon can receive regular pieces of writing here: https://www.patreon.com/GeoffKingWriter
Or you can buy him a coffee and feel good about keeping a writer off the streets: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/geoffkingwriter
Geoff King 