My big brother got me hooked on Thunderbirds in the early seventies. We watched it together (it made a change from fighting) and I soon became captivated by the characters and gadgets. Even then, at the tender age of five, I think I knew that there would always be space in my heart for the cool-headed, hunky pilot of Thunderbird 2.

I can't remember when I first started writing Thunderbirds stories. In my teens, I suppose. I wrote other fiction over the years but I kept coming back to International Rescue even though I felt, quite frankly, a bit silly writing about a bunch of puppets from the Sixties and pretending they were real people. I told no-one. It was my dreadful secret.

So, you can imagine my relief when I discovered Tracy Island Chronicles. So I wasn't mad after all or, if I was, I was in damn good company!

This discovery was a double-edged sword. I felt I could now be truly indulgent and lose myself in welcoming back the many years worth of Thunderbirds fiction that had decided to reappear in my head. At the same time, I knew I had to find the time to get it out of my head and onto the computer.

So that’s where you find me today. Oh, and by the way, I am a firm believer in being non-controversial in my stories. I have views on datelines, birth order and the like but you won’t find me addressing those issues here.

Anyway, I hope you enjoy reading the stories below as much as I enjoyed writing them. And if not? Well, no matter. TIC, like the Tracy brothers themselves, is so full of different personalities that you’re bound to find one you like.