Jeremy Bending spent his life as a hospital doctor and consultant physician. During that time he continued to write fiction and short stories, some of which were brought together in his book 'A Listening Doctor', published by Quartet Books London in 2018. After hanging up his stethoscope, he embarked on a new career as a writer of fiction.
His first novel, 'In the Shadows of the Birch Trees', published by Arena Books in 2020, tells the story of a young Hungarian woman and her baby who, by an extraordinary twist of fate, escape the horror of the mass murders taking place in WW2 in the concentrationq camp Birkenau as they are about to enter there. The book tells the lives they live following their flight and that of the SS guard Peter Leahy who allowed them to escape. The book has received exclusively 5 star reviews on Amazon.co.uk
His second novel 'If You Don’t Know . . . ' was published by Cranthorpe Millner in 2023, and was chosen as a finalist in the International Page Turner Writing Awards 2022. This complex thriller unravels the events surrounding the death of a diplomat, who is murdered by a Hungarian gang he uncovers trafficking Roma girls into the sex trade.
His third novel, Impulses, also published by Cranthorpe Millner in 2023, is the intriguing story of how a man could lose control of his basic impulses. He must be ill, but what sort of affliction could lead to such a serious change in his personality?
His fourth novel 'Gwendoline' is published by Cranthorpe Millner and is due for release on 30 April 2024. 'A story of love and tragedy'. Gwendoline was brought up in the flat above her father’s shoe shop, one of eleven children. As a girl, she always had a desire to train as a nurse, but with her father adamantly against it, she was forced to wait until she was twenty-one to leave home. After completing her training and falling in love with her darling Roy, Gwendoline was faced with the chaos of World War Two; the trials and tribulations of raising a family; and the harsh reality of living with severe depression. Based on a true story, Gwendoline explores the challenges facing women in the 1900s, the struggles confronted by individuals suffering from mental health issues, and the devastating impact these issues can have on their families.
Other completed works include:
'The Pen and the Dragon - Private Thoughts of a Private School and Other Stories', a book of earlier biographical tales starting and ending with the author's experience of an abusive and dysfunctional private school, and
'The Dust Clears', a book of poems.
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