Spark NeilNeil Spark began life in Australia's island state of Tasmania more years ago than he will divulge. Composition was his favourite activity in primary school but the teenage years and the need to try and fit in precluded making up stories and writing tem. So he didn't. When he left school, he wrote other people's stories by becoming a journalist. He believes history is a great teacher, though people are not good students which is why history keeps repeating itself. The historical periods that interest him are the Weimar Republic, Nazi Germany and World War II. He has a passion for politics. Read More Read Less