Look and Listen

Biography

Leslie William Gates, who goes by the pen name of Les Bill Gates, was born in England in 1949. In 1972, he graduated from Keble College, Oxford University with an Honours degree in Mathematics. The following year he completed a Post-graduate Certificate in Education at Exeter University. Les has toured the world extensively and has spent more than twelve years in the Solomon Islands and eleven years in New Zealand. Les is a High School teacher and former Principal of King George VI National Secondary School, Solomon Islands. Les is now pursuing a new career as an author. ‘Hope’, the first part of the fantasy trilogy ‘Windows on Our World’, is his first book. The other two parts, ‘Faith’ and ‘Love’, are in progress.

Inspiration

JRR Tolkien's 'Lord of the Rings' Stephen Donaldson's 'Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever' Ursula Le Guin's 'Earthsea' trilogy. CS Lewis - 'Narnia' books and the 'Ransom' trilogy.