A Rivers

Andy Rivers has been a Butlins barman, pretend chippie on a Spanish construction site, coach holiday rep, mobile sandwich salesman and outdoor traffic cone washer to name but a few of his eclectic 'career' choices. Originally from Byker in Newcastle he now lives on the Yorkshire coast where, as well as following Newcastle United around the country, he passes the time by indulging in his passion for `Professional Geordie-ism' and drinking. His first novel 'Maxwell's Silver Hammer' has recently been republished as 'Hammered' and his other works include `I'm Rivelino', a hilarious account of the forty odd years of hurt he has suffered at the hands of the Magpies, 'Special', the second in his gritty Byker Thriller series and 'The Spy Who Bluffed Me', a James Bond parody featuring a bouncer who thinks he's working for MI5! The third book in his Byker thriller series is currently in the pipeline (working title - 'The Changing Man) and should be out in 2024.

With the royalties he makes from his work he plans on buying an Aston Martin and having a proper mid-life crisis...he may be waiting some time...