Author, was born in Torquay. Known, as the English Riviera. After pre- sea training, he served contract indentures with Houlder Brothers, a shipping company with world - wide trade interests.Latest Amazon listed novel - Sea, Sand and Katrina... by Sam Grant A sea career, which saw service aboard eight foreign - going ships of varied type. General cargo liners and refrigerated passenger cargo liners, oil tankers, ore carriers and a London tug. Author, was on a mid - apprenticeship release, for additional training instruction. Author. passed seaman's deck certificates, which included that of certificated life boat man. Individual shipping companies, choose their most promising apprentices to attend this course in London Author, served, as third officer aboard three ships after he passed the Second Mates's Certificate. Severe ill health led to author leaving the merchant service. A big disappointment at the time. A one year course of study for three "A" Level GCE certificates opened doors to apply for management posts and after training with BHS author became a departmental manager with the store group in the nineteen - seventies. Author, met his wife In Bristol and later departed from retail management in Leicester. A position with Royal Mail led to a near thirty year employment, before transfer to Radstock in Somerset. Then, to assist author's eldest son with the management and running of a chain of retail stationers across the south west, before retirement in 2010. Prior to this, in the nineteen nineties, author had submitted commentary reply, to articles in the New York Times. The newspaper required those writing commentary, to adopt a pseudonym. This, was the first appearnce of author's writing name - Sam Grant. A number of poems were submitted for competition and chosen for editor anthologies with Forward Poetry (2011 to 2018). With recall of author's sea career, a novel called Pilot's Daughter was started. Later, this novel became - Atlantic Hijack. Paragon Publishing at Rotherstorpe, kindly accepted manuscript Atlantic Hijack by Sam Grant for publication in 2014. Ten books by Sam Grant, have been written by the author and published in partnership with Paragon Publishing, Rothersthorpe. Short Story, Verse, Commentary, recently published in May 2023, has author's birth name of Colin H Coles. Not - Sam Grant. Author's writing genre, includes, a romantic and mystery thriller, science fiction novels and anthologies. With, short stories and a play of author's mystery thriller Persuasion's Price. Author has completed a first screen draft for Chilling Encounter and a novel is in progress. Novels, anthologies, and author's books, are available from Amazon.Read more about this authorRead less about this author