Former Edwinstowe miner and teacher Jonathan Camm travelled to Thailand where he became a children’s author

Former Edwinstowe miner and teacher Jonathan Camm has travelled around the world to realise his dream to become a published children’s author.

Jonathan, 49, lives with his partner Noona and daughter Nam Tarn in Hua Hin, Thailand - a small coastal town three hours south of Bangkok, where he teaches.

He has just finished his series of childrens’ books called the Countdown Mysteries.

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Jonathan who worked as a miner for ten years at Ollerton Colliery, before he became a primary school teacher says his first love has always been writing.

He told Chad: “I loved my time at primary school, and my favourite lesson of all was writing on Fridays.

“It was hard work down in the coalmines, but I had a lot of good times, and met some very interesting characters. However, I soon realized that I wanted a life above ground, and since I loved helping people, I became a primary school teacher.

“I’ve spent almost 20 years teaching, first at home in the UK, and then in China and Thailand. I loved meeting and teaching children from all over the world, and learning about new cultures, but what I loved most was writing. I have written lots of stories and all kinds of other texts to help the children in my classes to learn.”

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“I have lots of friends in the Mansfield area and I thought they might like to know what I was doing.”

He has already published the first two books in the Countdown Mysteries.

The three main characters, Roly, Nine and Charlie, have an amazing, high-tech basement clubhouse and, using lots of cool gadgets, they work together to use their combined detective skills to solve mysteries and crimes in their local town of Anchor Bay.

Exclusive copies signed by the author, are available for a limited time at: http://igg.me/at/countdown.