Bob was born in Birmingham and has a Bachelor of Education Degree from the United Kingdom. He began writing when lecturing at colleges and schools in the English Midlands, from the mid 1980s. After leaving academic life early to pursue his art career in 1994 he began to conceive ideas for children's stories, many of which he has now written and illustrated. Bob was a regular exhibitor at 'The Scottish National Boat Festival' [until 2005], as well as many other venues including historic castles in Scotland. Originals and prints of his artwork have sold around the world. Somewhere along the way he learned clarinet and saxophone to pursue his lifelong love of jazz.