About me

Alain Miles was born in southern England in the black and white era, and now survives in Cambridge. In between, he has had a colorful, occasionally glittering career as an English language teacher and coursebook writer, radio and TV presenter, events organizer, publisher, computer manufacturer, HR specialist and web designer.

Very little of the above would have been possible if he had not spent most of his career in the Mid-East, where no questions were asked. He maintains that writing is a new and exciting option, categorically denying that all other career paths are now closed to him.

His first novel, “The Lebanese Troubles” mirrors the eclecticism – indecisiveness – of his working-life. It’s a story set in a time of war, yet not a war novel; it’s an adventure lacking a hero; it’s a romance without a lead. Alain himself calls it a comi-tragedy. But whatever the genre, if you love Hardy, Fowles, Camus, you won’t be disappointed.