Andrew James Wells (1975-Present): I was born in Stockton, United Kingdom in September 1975 and lived in Yarm for many years before making the move to Fairfield, United Kingdom. My first love was music, I loved the way words and melody are combined to make something that can be so powerful. Music was and still is a huge part of my life but more so during my childhood and early adult life, it helped me cope with a lot of things. I started writing poetry when I was in my early teens as I felt it a good method of venting my emotions but stopped when my father died (1991). I picked up the pen many years later after being inspired by Edgar Allan Poe, this being my work from Shattered Glass Mind onward.