Peter Hankins spent many years pecking out a novel on his iPad while sitting with his elbows pressed together on commuter trains, travelling to and from his civil service job (where his ability to write prose that sounded misleadingly authoritative was his chief asset). He also had a long-running blog ‘Conscious Entities’ about philosophy, the mind, and artificial intelligence, commended by academics but never likely to turn him into an internet influencer. He now has a new blog ‘Seen and Done’ about creative work by him and others.
After retiring with chronic health problems in the shape of Crohn’s disease, he focused his energy on short stories, which have since been recognised or placed in a number of competitions, recently including a shortlisting in the Bridport Prize. He is now applying his refreshed skills to full-length novels..
