John Hope grew up in the London suburbs before his family moved to Hertfordshire in the late 1950s. He married Ann nearly fifty years ago and they had four children, and now, six grandchildren. From time to time he has written the occasional article for magazines, but never thought of himself as having a career as a writer. So the opportunity to have The Mouse in the Car published has come about as a delightful surprise and he hopes that it will give as much pleasure to readers as it gave him to write.