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What a poetic justice it was that the publishers’ apathy, for my literary foray into an uncharted fictional arena, pushed me into Roopa’s despondent shoes, leg for leg! So to say, to atone for myself, and to earn for her the empathy, at least, of a few discerning readers, I self-published it, in which some have found freshness
In a 1970s Birmingham comprehensive school, I was the kid who was sent to the back of the classroom to think about my bad spelling, shocking grammar, and lack of concentration. Nobody cared about the imagination inside my head. Fifty years later, that same boy became a bestselling author. This is my story of being different, finding my path and never giving up.
