Jem ShawJem Shaw became fascinated by words in a small primary school in Sutton Coldfield and by the age of five-and-a-half had consumed all of the available Dick and Dora stories and moved onto a child's edition of Homer's Odyssey. His love affair with aviaion came a little earlier. Brought up close to Castle Bromwich aerodrome in the early post-war years, he would pursue his father and elder brother into the back garden to watch Spitfires, Walruses and, later on, Vampires and Venoms as they swept over the chimneys. He lives in Staffordshire with his long-suffering wife and enjoys the peace that results when the kids grow up and leave home. Read More Read Less