List Of Writers

SKIDMORE, IAN

1 Elwyn Court, March, Cambridgeshire, PE15 9BZ
Telephone: 01354 652586
Email: iskidmore@btinternet.com

Author, biographer, popular historian, comic novelist. Author of 18 books, Ian is the former presenter and scriptwriter for BBC Radio Wales and TV, HTV, Granada. He won the "Golden Microphone" award for services to broadcasting. A columnist, theatre, restaurant and book critic, Ian is currently researching biographies of Wanton Women of Wales. A biography of Sir Kyffin Williams was published by Seren in 2008.

Selected Publications:
Escape from the Rising Sun: The Incredible Voyage of the "Sederhana Djohanis" (Pen & Sword Books, 1973)
Owain Glyndwr (The Triskel Poets) (Christopher Davies, 1978)
Anglesey and Lleyn Shipwrecks (Christopher Davies, 1979)
Lifeboat V.C.: Story of Coxswain Dick Evans, B.E.M. and His Many Rescues (David & Charles PLC, 1979)
Marines Don’t Hold Their Horses: Biography of Colonel Alan Warren (W.H. Allen, 1981)
Island Fling (W.H. Allen, 1982)
Forgive Us Our Press Passes (Gomer, 1983)
Magnificent Evan (Star, 1984)
Gwynedd (New County Series) (Robert Hale, 1986)
Hearts of Oak, Nerves of Steel (Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, 2000)
Kyffin: A Figure in the Welsh Landscape (Seren, 2008)

Contributed to:
Wild Life in Custody (co–writer) (Cassell, 1977)
Anglesey Rambles: A Bedside Traveller (co-writer) (Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, 1991)
Glyndwr Country: Essence of Wales (co-writer) (Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, 1991)
A Gwynedd Anthology (editor) (Christopher Davies, 1992)



Eligible Writers on Tour subjects offered:
1. "Herodotus was the first tabloid hack" - critical survey of unintentionally hilarious "tabloid writing" over 2,000 years
2. Creative writing talks based on experience as successful biographer, popular historian, comic novelist etc.
3. Wanton Women of Wales

AGE RANGE: Adult only

(Please note travel expenses will be from Cambridgeshire)