Rogue Element (ePub)

Maurice Allen is the name chosen by the author; he thinks it sounds more sophisticated than his real name. It was also chosen because he is, to use his description, a "devout coward," and because of the controversial nature of his novels "Rogue Element" and "Promises," he fully expects some form of reprisal. He lives by the adage that "It's a cowardly pair of legs that will let your body get hurt," and there's nothing that moves faster than him in retreat.

Born a long time ago, he vaguely remembers the end of WWII, in Grafton, New South Wales; and raised in Sydney, the youngest son of a train driver, he escaped from high school to take up a career as a plumber. Following a couple of near-death experiences and the constant back pain associated with that career, he made a quantum career shift into the Australian Public Service. After setting a record as the longest serving noncareer public servant in the public service, he left to become a chauffeur, a job that involved two of his passions: driving cars and meeting people. He is now retired and living by a beach in South Australia with his two miniature schnauzers.

Throughout his life, he has been an information sponge, absorbing what went on around him and what he garnered from the media. This information has been regurgitated on a regular basis, as the useless trivia part of a successful quiz team, and used as background for his novels and short stories.

His attitude to life is "The day that I lose my sense of humour and the desire to learn is the day that I shuffle off because there is nothing left to live for." The realisation that life is too short to be taken seriously and that there is so much that he doesn't know, has been the driving force behind his wish to keep going for as long as possible, albeit on bonus time.

That he came to writing at such a late phase in his life is more down to the hatred of English as a subject at high school, than any other reason. It took decades, and an enthusiastic

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