Peter Rigby

Peter Rigby was born in London in 1966. He began writing poetry at the age of 14. Adopting the 'do-it-yourself' punk ethos, he produced his poetry/music fanzine 'Immediate Action' in 1983. It ran for 3 years and notched up 19 issues. Over the past 30 years he has released a further 14 fanzines.

In 1991 he formed the band 'The Big Wednesday' where he played guitar. They split up a year later. In 2010 he wrote their story 'From Here to Kingdom Come - 437 Days in the Life of a Rock 'N' Roll Band'. It remains unpublished. He went on to write and record over 100 songs. His self-produced album 'Say When' was reviewed in the NME in 2002.

In 2010 he wrote 4 episode scripts for an original sitcom - 'In For A Penny' which were turned down by the BBC. He has also written 2 'Only Fools and Horses' fan scripts that were showcased on the Appreciation Society website.

His poetry has been published in 4 books - First Time No.29 (First Time Publications), National Poetry Anthology 2011 (United Press), Book of Dreams (United Press) and Such Words as These (Ravenshead Press).

2012 saw the release of his first novel 'The Second Stage'.

He is single and currently living in Kent, England where he is working on 'Watcher of the Skies' - a book of short stories for adults. He has also completed a soon to be published second novel - 'THIS' and a play 'A Night to Remember'.

In 2013 he started work on the sequel to 'The Second Stage' under the working title of 'An Unexpected Return'.