Name: Roland Clarke

Age:    61

Where are you from?

I live in Harlech, North Wales, with a view from my office window of Snowdon.

A little about your self `ie your education Family life etc:

I was brought up in South East England by an English father and Anglo-Chilean mother. Although I’ve had a privileged upbringing – money, private schools, and anything I needed, with such privilege comes a lack of real love, a lack of direction, and a lack of motivation. So after attempting to get qualifications at various schools, I tried to apply myself to something. But I job-hopped from photography, to marketing organic produce, to TV & film production, to equestrian journalist.

Fiona: Tell us your latest news?

I’m now retired and coping with multiple sclerosis. Having got my first novel – Spiral of Hooves – published, I try to make time to finish various draft novels…