CR Spencer is an independent author. He is a graduate of Manchester University and King’s College, London and worked extensively in education as a school principal and inspector. He worked for ten years in Germany where he travelled the world. His travels have influenced his writing. His first serious work, The Penance trilogy, is centred around the character of Dagmar Johnson. Dagmar’s character is an amalgamation of many of the fiesty females he has come across during his working life. The author has spent his life writing technical pieces about education. He always wanted to write fiction. He has a broad taste when it comes to reading. He likes the crime noir of war time Berlin and political biographies. He has read everything that Thomas Hardy has ever written.
CR Spencer currently lives and works in the south of France where he enjoys practising his French, the rolling vineyards and active village life. He plays the guitar with local bands when he is not writing.
He has just finished The Ha’penny Steps trilogy which tells the story of a small time black marketeer in London at the height of the Blitz together with a group of ladies. Three of the ladies each have their own story ranging from espionage, murder and mayhem and the complexities of living and surviving during the war.
He has also just finished a semi-autobiographical young adult’s story about the relationship between two young persons in London commencing in the 1970’s. He found this a pleasure to write.
He has just commenced a Victorian melodrama that explores the themes of betrayal, deceit, love and lust.
CR Spencer is an independent author. He is a graduate of Manchester University and King’s College, London and worked extensively in education as a school principal and inspector. He worked for ten years in Germany where he travelled the world. His travels have influenced his writing. His first serious work, The Penance trilogy, is centred around the character of Dagmar Johnson. Dagmar’s character is an amalgamation of many of the fiesty...
Set against the background of the London Blitz, Peter Porteous lives over the Ha’penny Steps in Kensal Town. He has a day job as a factory supervisor, and he volunteers as an Air Raid Precautions warden. He spends a lot of time fire watching during the height of the bombing in 1940. He is also a black marketeer. In these times of shortages and...
Set against the background of the London Blitz, Peter Porteous lives over the Ha’penny Steps in Kensal Town. He has a day job as a factory supervisor, and he volunteers as an Air Raid Precautions warden. He spends a lot of time fire watching during the height of the bombing in 1940. He is also a black marketeer. In these times of shortages and...
Set against the background of the London Blitz, Peter Porteous lives over the Ha’penny Steps in Kensal Town. He has a day job as a factory supervisor, and he volunteers as an Air Raid Precautions warden. He spends a lot of time fire watching during the height of the bombing in 1940. He is also a black marketeer. In these times of shortages and...
From March 2-8, Smashwords are holding a Give-Away. If you log on to Smashwords and do a search for CR Spencer, you will be able to see all my books and obtain them for free....
This is the first of what I hope to be many updates to my new author website. The Ha'penny Steps trilogy was finally published in August this year, after four years in the making. It was the first time that I had attempted a historical novel, and the research and editing took such a long time to ensure that there was historical accuracy throughout.
I enjoyed writing the series, and I was determined to complete all three before they were published. It can be so...
