About the Author:
Educated at Westville Boys High, Durban, South Africa, between 1970 and 1976, he excelled at middle-distance athletics. A family tragedy prevented him touring the USA and gaining an athletics scholarship.

Following high school he completed two years national service in the South African Air Force and therafter backpacked around Europe for two years.

He has a diploma in Business Computing and an MBA from Bath University and has worked in various industries in South Africa, New Zealand, Australia and the UK. Since 1999 he has been running his own management consultancy in the UK specialising in running Corporate Transformation and Turnaround programmes.

Following his MBA he wrote an historical novel "Legend of the Last Vikings" which was the catalyst for leading him into publishing. He established Abela Publishing in 2008/9 as a social enterprise. He has been publishing new and old children's stories, fairytales, folklore, myths and legends from which he donates 33% of Abela Publishing's profit to charities around the world.

To see which charities are currently supported, go to http://www.abelapublishing.com/charity.html

To view the entire Fairytales, Folklore, Myths and Legends catalogue, go to
http://www.abelapublishing.com/catalogue.html