Mike Haley was born and raised in Essex, and considers himself to be a true Essex man. He has lived in the County Town, and then the City of Chelmsford, for more than 35 years. His working life was spent in computers and telecommunications. He bought his first "proper" guitar, a 12-string acoustic, in 1968. He taught himself to play, and intends to carry on doing so until he gets it right. He has been writing poems, songs and short stories since he was about 16. Mike is a divorcee who lives alone, and has a daughter Michelle, and two grandsons Callum and Connor. He is an ardent fan of Chelmsford City Football Club, and a regular attendee at many local writing and poetry reading groups. His favourite poets, are the songwriters Bob Dylan and Roy Harper. Between 2000 and 2008, he recorded 12 demo albums of original songs. He performs mostly solo; one man, one guitar, and sometimes in bands, the last of which was called Redberryash. Most of his creative emphasis up until 2012, had been in writing songs and poems. Since then he has written 2 novels, compiled 2 poetry books, and recorded 2 new albums. "Angel's Rainbow" is Mike Haley's 3rd novel. Find out more, by looking at Mike's website, which is called "redberryash.co.uk" You can contact Mike at his official email address: info@redberryash.co.uk
