Alex Askaroff

01323 509874

alexsussex@aol.com

 
 
About Alex
 

I was born in a small corner of the United Kingdom, a tiny part of the world that had built the greatest empire our planet had ever seen. What had made this possible was the people that lived here. Their vision, character and, often-bloody, history had made our country. Each day I would visit descendants of those people. Everyday people, people that grow from a soil so rich and a history so full.

Through these people runs the blood of an empire.

My love for writing poetry allowed me to describe what I had seen and the people I met. As the weeks became months, then years, I started to collect priceless anecdotes and stories from my customers. They are stories from all over the world but mainly from Sussex Folk; from meetings with explorers that had been to the heart of the Amazon to people that knew Rudyard Kipling, all fascinating.

In the stories on my site and in my books you may get some idea of the affection that I have for this unique spot on our planet.

A success story

When I started to put pen to paper who could have ever imagined what would happen next! All I contacted advised me that writing a book was a dangerous game. Lots of time and money invested and little reward. Out of the thousands who try only a handful make it. How wrong they all were. My first book sold out so fast that I had over 250 pre-paid orders for the second edition before I could get them printed.

If I could have bottled the printers face when I turned up asking for more I could have sold it.

From an interview for BBC

“My books are about local people, local history, local folklore even ghost stories plus photos thrown in for good measure. Why so many people have bought them from all around the world I am still unsure. We have posted out over 2,000 copies to America . Last year I had a couple sitting on my doorstep from Canada ! I have also had visitors from Australia and Mexico as well as local people. Its all a bit of a shock to someone like me."

" Someone once described my books as a nostalgic trip down an old Sussex lane with cream tea thrown in. I loved that.”

“I know people say that my writing is very James Herriot you only have to read a few pages of mail I have put on my review page on my website to see."