Robert Ferguson

Robert was a member of the University of Cambridge Spitzbergen expedition, 1965 and undertook research in Libya in 1966–67.

After graduation he lectured in environmental sciences at the Universities of
London and Exeter before joining the UK Civil Service. He later spent 7 years as a management consultant, working with central and local government organisations in the UK, Bulgaria and Hungary and with major manufacturing companies in Belgium, Germany, and the USA.

He began writing again after retiring. His earlier poetry collection Late Starter was published in 2018. He has won prizes and commendations in the Solihull Writer’s Workshop annual poetry and fiction competitions and has published poems in the quarterly anthologies of the Moseley-based Cannon Poets group. 11 of his short stories are online at www.cafelit.co.uk. His novel A Magic Flight was published in September 2022.