Larry Igbon

Larry Igbon was born, raised and still lives in Manchester, England.\nHe developed a passion for composition, as a grammar school student. His teachers encouraged his love of writing, which he continued to refine throughout his educational years. \n\nHis other desires, at grammar school were: French, history, physics and chemistry. He participated in the school swimming club and the boxing team. He won four regional boxing championships and fought in the All-England semi-finals.\nBy the time he left grammar school, he was captain of the boxing team and the swimming club.\n\nHis four-year-old son insisted that Larry tell him bedtime stories every night. But not for him the usual tales. This was the point at which Larry created a character specially for young Alan. The character was an English schoolboy, living in France during World War Two. Alan liked exciting stories, so Billy Thompson’s War was born.\n\nThe stories featured the boy’s adventures, helping the French Resistance fight the occupying German soldiers. There were many recurring characters featured in the stories and Larry recorded all of their names, and specialities. He kept these details in a notebook, along with plots and missions. He found that outlining his stories ahead of time, made it easier for him to deal with his son’s questions. Alan was fascinated with everything that Billy Thompson experienced. By the time his son had outgrown bedtime stories, a year and a half later, Larry had notebooks full of short stories and drawings. \n\nYears later, he did consider publishing the stories, but Alan assured him that little boys are not interested in war stories these days.\n\nFor many years, Larry worked for Her Majesty’s Government. He has also been a Financial Planning Consultant, a Mortgage Adviser and more recently, he headed up the insurance department of a local charity.\n\nLarry holds a third Dan grade in Shotokan Karate, and he was a martial arts instructor for many years. He was also a scuba diver for several years.\n \nIn addition to writing, he enjoys reading, theatre, High Intensity Interval Training, Tabata training, swimming, cycling and playing guitar.\n\nThe books he prefers to read are action stories and crime thrillers. He also likes to write in this genre. He recently completed his new novella, Bringing Hell. A full novel featuring its protagonist, Tom Ramsay, will follow soon. The title of the new book is Face Down.\n\nLarry’s books can be discovered on Amazon, in print and Kindle formats.\n