About me
Chris Amies, BA (Hons), DipTrans IOLET
I was born and grew up in Surrey (or at least the outer fringes of London that are administratively Surrey), and lived for all my adult life until 2005 in Hammersmith, West London – apart from periods studying in Bordeaux and Barcelona, and teaching English in Thessaloniki.
I then moved to Kingston upon Thames in outer London where I renovated a mid-19th century terraced house and garden. I now live in Birmingham.
I worked in the British Civil Service for over twenty years before leaving and going freelance in late 2010. My background in IT and later Website design and management encouraged me to offer a design service for small websites.
My degree was in French and Spanish and so in 2011 I studied for the Institute of Linguists Diploma in Translation with a view to doing translation work from French and Catalan into English.
I am a published author of fiction and non-fiction with one novel, one local history book, and several stories in print anthologies, magazines, and on the web.
