| Rob Lewis
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.
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