BIO
Matthew Bird

Born in 1966 in Fife, Scotland, and brought up in Suffolk, England, Matt travelled extensively in-between his work for BOC Gases and Linde. Now retired, Matt resides in Thailand with his wife Pat and their young daughter Malissa Maya. A mathematician, and a bit of a perfectionist, he loves some of the simple pleasures of life and is often seen watering and weeding their garden farm - and eating the produce.

 

In May 2020, leaping into the unknown, Matt began writing for pleasure for the first time, inspired by Sunday Times best-selling author Michael Heppell and his team of budding authors on the Write That Book programme.

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Matt's first adventure fiction book, JackFruit Treasure Trap, subtly combines his passions of family and travel; he secretly wants to be one of the pirates.