VETERAN Craven author Chris Cheek has just published his new novel - Veering off Course- his third in the last year. Lancaster University graduate Chris, 68, lives in Long Preston in a house he has shared with his partner, now husband, Michael for the last 25 years.

Before taking up his pen as a novelist, Chris spent 46 years working in and around public transport as line manager, consultant and analyst, including working for Preston-based firm The TAS Partnership as a director for over 20 years. During this time he worked on bus, rail and tram projects around the country.

Veering Off Course brings together his long career in public transport with his fiction writing, as it tells the story of a Yorkshire bus driver who struggles to come to terms with his sexuality.

The story also deals with the ‘north-south’ divide, and how it can affect friendships and personal development.

Veering off Course is the first of a planned series of four novels under the title ‘The Navigation Quartet’.

It is Chris’s third novel: his first book, The Stamp of Nature was published in June last year, and his second A Year of Awakening, in October. He also writes a regular blog which can be found online at: chrischeek.me

Veering off Course is available in paperback and ebook and is published by 2FM Ltd.