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Jack Thompson
Jack Thompson was born a long time ago in the North of England. After spells as a bus conductor, teacher, industrial spy and pianist in working mens clubs, he joined the BBC where ...view moreJack Thompson was born a long time ago in the North of England. After spells as a bus conductor, teacher, industrial spy and pianist in working mens clubs, he joined the BBC where he eventually landed the job of foreign correspondent for the World Service. He reported from south-east Asia, the Middle East, Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. He followed the Vietnamese army into Cambodia as it overthrew the Khmer Rouge and saw the grisly aftermath of Pol Pots Killing Fields. He was nearly blown to bits by militiamen in Lebanon and verbally pilloried by Saddam Husseins information ministry for a report on human rights abuses in Iraq. His superiors at the BBC described him as curmudgeonly and subversive, a badge he wears with pride. Which is why he left in 1995 and became a newscaster for Deutsche Welle TV in Berlin. Since 2002, hes devoted himself to writing, playing the piano again and trying to help with the upbringing of his grandchildren. In March 2006, he won the Scottish Association of Writers Pitlochry Award for crime writing. He lives in London with his wife, Kathryn.view less