About the author

Don Good

<p>The author has drawn on his own varied life experiences, having been forced to go into an orphanage at the age of 7 after he lost his father in a motorcycle accident.&nbsp; Finding solace in writing, illustrating and making his own books, he used any materials he could find, even cardboard to make the covers.&nbsp; This was when the very first ideas about&nbsp; &lsquo;Ambrose and the Mermaid&rsquo; came to him.&nbsp; Don&#39;s passion for writing took him straight to a profession in journalism.&nbsp; The war was in progress and by late 1941 Don was in the army.&nbsp; Deep in the Burmese jungle, he would keep his spirits up by formulating more of the story of &lsquo;Ambrose and the Mermaid.&rsquo;&nbsp; Once war service ended, he would start to write in earnest, thus Ambrose&rsquo;s voice was born.&nbsp; Having started writing the book in the late 1940s, it had to be put aside to attend to the pressing need of earning a living.&nbsp; Fearing he might forget his inspiration, it was carefully recorded in a set of shorthand notes entitled &lsquo;The Underwater Ballet.&rsquo;&nbsp; Don worked for many press agencies and Fleet Street newspapers before moving to Southampton (UK) to work for The Southern Evening Echo.&nbsp;&nbsp; Picking up writing the story again many times throughout his lifetime, &lsquo;Ambrose and the Mermaid&rsquo; was completed by 1978, with changes still being made up until 1982.&nbsp; Don is also known (along with his brother Roger) for writing the romantic comedy cinema release:&nbsp; &lsquo;What The Butler Saw&rsquo;, made in 1950 by Hammer Films.&nbsp;</p> <p>Written in the style of times gone by, it has a timeless appeal which will warm your heart.&nbsp; This book has everything:&nbsp; love, war, life, death, right, wrong, romance, failure, achievement, consequences, the power of communication, but most of all it carries a message of hope - for its &lsquo;human&rsquo; readers.&nbsp; No one will fail to be moved by the life lessons portrayed with great humour, so charmingly set beneath the sea, depicted by colourful characters, all with memorable names.&nbsp; Everyone will have their favourite!&nbsp;&nbsp; Young, old or somewhere in-between, written for all ages, this is a story you will come to love!</p>