Bio

Colin Bell was born in a Franciscan convent in Surrey but grew up in Sussex, UK. His first novel, Stephen Dearsley's Summer Of Love was published in October 2013 (Ward Wood Publishing) and was long listed for the Polari Prize 2014. His poetry has been published in the UK and the USA by Cinnamon Press, Soaring Penguin Press, Musepie Press, Every Day Poets, Bittersweet, Kind of a Hurricane Press and The Blotter. He has also published short stories (Ether Books) and children's books (Novello). Formerly a producer-director and then Executive Producer, Music and Arts programmes for Granada Television and Executive Producer, EuroArts-Primetime, he's made programmes for ITV, Channel Four, the BBC and American, Japanese and German broadcasters. He now lives in Lewes, Sussex where he also writes a daily blog - www.wolfiewolfgang.com. His new novel, Blue Notes, Still Frames, will be published in 2015 by Ward Wood Publishing.

Baroness Nadezhda von Meck (1831 - 1894) was a rich Russsian heiress
and patron of the arts. She supported the composer Pyotr Ilych Tchaikovsky
financially for 13 years after hearing a performance of his Piano Concerto No. 1.
They corresponded regularly but never met.