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.
A mathematician and a bit of a perfectionist, he loves some of life's simple pleasures 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, inspired by Sunday Times best-selling author Michael Heppell and his team of budding authors on the Write That Book programme.
Matt's first fiction book, JackFruit Treasure Trap - a historical adventure novel set in the seventeenth century, subtly combines his passions for family and travel; he secretly wants to be one of the pirates.