Alan R Paine

Alan R Paine won the Julia Bradbury prize for capturing the Spirit of the Wolds for his story ‘Trains of Thought that appeared in the anthology Dreaming of Steam. This was the first of a series of stories included in Fantastic Books competition collections: Acts of Courage in The Dummies’ Guide to Serial Killing; Damned if you do… in The Forge and two stories in the horror collection Dread Cold.

Alan is semi-retired from a career in the edible oil industry. In addition to writing, he enjoys amateur theatre, music and painting. He lives in Horncastle, Lincolnshire with his wife Jane and they have three children and three grandchildren.