Nottingham author Paul J. Elliott shows us that magical creatures aren't always as fairy stories would have us believe...
After experiencing the breakdown of his marriage and loss of his father jsut two weeks later, Paul J. Elliott, of Eastwood, Nottinghamshire, decided to finally turn his ideas into a story. "Writing was a cathartic experience for me," explains Paul."The idea for my book Gnomes was originally the product of two vivid imaginations," explains Paul, who credits authors such as Tom Sharpe and Douglas Adams amongst his inspirations. "In 2012, after the break-up of my marriage and the death of my father a few weeks later, I decided to turn the ideas into a story. The day after my father's funeral,