Jack Sheffield was born in 1945 and grew up in the tough environment of Gipton Estate, in North East Leeds. After a job as a 'pitch boy', repairing roofs, he became a Corona Pop Man before going to St John's College, York, and training to be a teacher. In the late 70s and 80s, he was a headteacher of two schools in North Yorkshire before becoming Senior Lecturer in primary education at Bretton Hall near Wakefield. It was at this time he began to record his many amusing stories of village life. He is now a full-time writer with a number of articles, and Teacher, Teacher is his first novel. He lives in York. Visit his website at www.jacksheffield.com.
Heartbeat for teachers Fay Yeomans, BBC Radio Howzat for a great Yorkshire novel Dickie Bird A wonderful gallery of village characters Yorkshire Evening Press Refreshing...hilarious detail Yorkshire Post Wry and touching ... the warm and nostalgic story of Jack's efforts to run the school is told with understanding and colourful humour...Sheffield writes with understanding and colourful humour Good Book Guide