Robert Goddard

Robert Francis Goddard was born on 13th November 1954 in Fareham, Hampshire. He writes mystery and crime fiction. He was educated at Wallisdean County Junior High School and Price’s Grammar School in Fareham before going on to study at Cambridge. After unsuccessful attempts at a career in both journalism and teaching he worked for a time as an educational administrator in Devon before becoming a full time novelist. His thrillers usually have a historical element and settings in provincial English towns and cities, and many plot twists. Regarded as one of Britain’s premier historical/ crime thriller authors, His first novel, ’Past Caring’ was published in 1986. He has since written another twenty novels, the majority of which have been Sunday Times Top Ten bestsellers in the UK.