Born in Cambridge, Rob graduated in Scandinavian Studies from the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Following a career taking him from Swedish translator to college principal, he now lives and writes by the North Norfolk coast, where skeins of noisy geese fill saltmarsh skies.
His bookshelf houses Haruki Murakami, Henning Mankell, Kurt Vonnegut and George Saunders. His film collection features Jordan Peele, Stanley Kubrick and Mel Brooks. His record rack is home to Jimi Hendrix, Joni Mitchell, Joan Armatrading and Miles Davis. He also digs potatoes…