I was born on the Wirral in 1979 and still live there today, but work in Liverpool as a civil servant. I have studied military history for fifteen years and the history of the Merseyside region for six. My interest in local history and photography led me to research Liverpool’s wartime experiences, culminating in the publication of Liverpool Blitzed: 70 Years On in 2011. I have spent the last year in the local archives, collecting wartime images and travelling around the region taking modern photographs for my second book, Merseyside Blitzed, which was published in 2012. I am currently working on several projects that I hope will become future books.