During WW2 Gerry Wells crewed a Sherman tank of the Sherwood Ranges Yeomanry, a part of the 8th armoured Brigade, in Operation Overlord - from which experience as a young man comes Kicking The Hornets Nest. Since those soldiering days he has farmed, studied at university and latterly was a College lecturer in English Literature.
As a writer he has published his fiction, non-fiction and poetry in a wide range of periodicals both in the UK and abroad, and his work has featured in BBC Radio programmes and in local radio.
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Also by Gerry Wells:
GROWING UP IN SUSSEX FROM SCHOOLBOY TO SOLDIER. The History Press. ISBN: 978-0-7524-4967-8.
WAR GAMES Menin House Publishers (an imprint of Tommies Guides).
ISBN: 978-0-956342b-0-8-3
Of WAR GAMES:
The stories are vivid and come to a satisfying ending while making you want to read on to the next one. The book is like a concentrated memoir.
The West Australian.
NEW! Review of 'Kicking the Hornets' Nest' at bookbag:
http://www.thebookbag.co.uk/reviews/index.php?title=Kicking_the_Hornets%27_Nest_by_Gerry_Wells
"Thought provoking and elegant." - Sue Magee (of bookbag)