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I wrote my first book when I was in my late thirties.

I wrote my first book at 20, but my whole focus from about the age of 12 was to be a writer.

I began writing seriously in my mid-20s and didn't publish my first book until I was 41.

I didn't start writing my own books until I was 40.

I was about 13, in some ways, when I wrote the first book. Approximately 18 when I wrote the second.

I started writing when I was twenty, and my first book came out seventeen years later.

My early life had a lot to do with my origins as a writer, but I didn't get into doing any writing at all until I was about 35 years old.

I was writing from the time I was 12 years old, but I originally wanted to be a novelist.

Well - I started writing - probably in the early 60s and by say '65-'66 I had read most of the poetry that had been published - certainly in the 20 years prior to that.

I started to write in 2001. I wrote the books for the fun of it. It was an old idea I had had since the nineties.