Peter John Prior

Peter Prior became a letter writer, like his mother, at the age of eight ‎in 1967. His first letter was to his grandfather. He used his best ‎writing with big round letters, because he knew his grandfather used a ‎large magnifying glass to read with. His grandfather responded two ‎weeks later with a two-page letter and he included a brand new $20 ‎note. Over the years, his letter writing evolved into short stories ‎especially when he was at boarding school and in his early adult ‎years. At the age of twenty-four, he sat down at a typewriter to see if ‎he could write a book. His mother was impressed, but after a few ‎years, he felt his work lacked life experience, so he put his typewriter ‎away and got himself a life. Thirty years later, he sat down at a ‎keyboard and allowed his fingers to do the talking. Long Grass ‎Calling - A Fortunate Childhood was born and the Long Grass trilogy ‎was conceived. His mother was impressed and thanked him for giving ‎her back her memories of her children as children. She was eighty-‎four years old.‎