Gary Baker was born in Ashington, Northumberland, but lives in Hartlepool, Co Durham. In his youth, he worked for 5 years as a wage/administration clerk at various nuclear power stations and later for a housing regeneration company. He volunteered for 5 years at Kyle’s Dream, doing scriptwriting / film making. He wrote a screenplay The Chair Is a Killer and a short story Schmuck but had no commissions. He is sure that people thought he was a Walter Mitty, a dreamer that will amount to nothing!