Charles Beagley

Like most children growing up during the London Blitz I learnt how to create an adventurous way of surviving that was better than I had. I lived a pretence during that terrible period that, good or bad, remained with me all my life.
It took the form of making up stories, along with an ability to draw. This ultimately led to me going to Art College, and then an advertising agency in London. During my time with the Irish agency, I was sent to Brussels and Ireland on accounts.
My career was interrupted by the National Service of the time. I spent two years in the RAF, and my experience led to the publication department after my training.
On completing my service, I wanted a change and spent the next few years going from agency to agency until I married. With two sons I had to settle down and formed my own design consultancy.
You may ask, when did the writing start? Well in advertising of that time you had to be a ‘Jack of all Trades’ which meant me writing my own slogans and copy. This ultimately led to short stories for my young boys and then novels.
I emigrated to Australia in the austere time of 1982. I was invited by a client to take charge of the new packaging side of his business. The offer was too good to resist. And I became more interested in writing.