Featured Interview With Rod Butler
Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I’m from London. Born during WW2 in Mill Hill and moved to Enfield after the War ended. I now live in Waltham Abbey, Essex.
I don’t have any pets. I love all animals, but prefer to see and enjoy them in the wild.
At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I enjoyed physically writing when I was a child. In my teens and twenties I went on to writing songs, and the songwriting developed into stories and biographies.
Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
I love reading Elena Ferrante, Joanne Harris and William Boyd.
My favourite genre has to be Biography. I love to see how successful people have done well. If I look at the biographies of say Norman Wisdom or Tommy Steel, I get inspiration to write, work and push forwards.
Tell us a little about your latest book?
‘War Baby’ is my own autobiography. It details a difficult early life and times after the War. It took me ten years to complete as I had to build up the courage to write about my early rather traumatic life. I remember everything from those early years and finally managed to write it all down.
My Father died when I was six and my Mother re-married. Unfortunately my step father was a paedophile and this made my early life very difficult. The scars are still there and this book has formed part of my acceptance of what has happened.
In my teenage years I started to find my real self and became proficient on the guitar. I played with many bands and eventually toured the World in a number one hit band – The Honeycombs.
Later on and in my 30s, and a father, I studied Karate, eventually opening my own Karate club and years later forming a very successful Karate Organisation.
This is the basis of the book and hopefully it may serve to help others who have been victims in their early life.
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