Kevin Speck grew up in New Zealand and was educated at Canterbury and Otago universities. He began writing as a hobby while living in Nepal where he was doing research for an M.A degree. He has also lived in Japan for ten years. The Common Man, a story about a New Zealand Pastor who battles his inner doubts as he tries to understand his congregation, was released in September 2013 and is available from the Amazon store. When an elderly parishioner dies the pastor is forced to examine his life. The elderly lady in this story was inspired by the Beatles song, Elanor Rigby. This song was part of the Beatles transition into more social awareness themed songs, and depicts the plight of elderly people. Night's Talk is his second Kindle release, which he published in November 2013. A teenage boy with almost no memory of his mother tries to come to terms with his feelings for his stepsister. Confronted by complex feelings he doesn't understand he seeks his stepsister's help to understand who his mother was. In 2014, he published in both paperback and Kindle eBook form, Diary of a Meningioma: A Patient's Perspective.

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