Biography of Derek Bates

Coming from a literary family, it was inevitable that Derek Bates was destined to write creatively. While running a successful science-based consultancy, Derek finds time to write fiction.

"Dance in an Empty Room", which explores the mind of a troubled young woman, is now published and a film is planned.

Derek lives in the New Forest and also in the Putney area of London. He is now writing a novel about the way we leave our memories in our surrounding to be received by later generations.

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