Jim LoweJim Lowe was a bookseller for a UK retail chain for forty years but has now taken early retirement. He loves books and the creative arts.

He is married to Cath and has two grown-up daughters, Beck and Katie.

Jim is an active - some might say, a over-enthusiastic - member of his local community in the Worcester area and runs Facebook groups for musicians and writers of all backgrounds and levels of experience. He has also worked closely as a volunteer for BBC Introducing as a filmmaker, and his niche YouTube channel for local artists has had over 300,000 views.

He has lived and worked in many locations in England including, Ashbourne, Braintree, Burton-Upon-Trent, Bury St Edmunds, Chelmsford, Derby - where he was born and remains a lifelong Rams fan - Great Yarmouth, Lowestoft, Tewkesbury and Worcester, where he has lived for more than twenty years. Read More Read Less