Wilkie has been writing full time for four years. He is mainly working on a series of novels about Inspector Hobbes. He also writes a few poems including a set about his Disastrous Relations.

Main work

Inspector Hobbes is described through the eyes of Andy Caplet, a failed journalist.  As he gets to know him, Andy gradually comes to realize and to accept that Hobbes is not actually human.  Together, and with the aid of Hobbes's elderly housekeeper, they strive to fight crime and keep the peace between the odd mix of peoples in the quiet town of Sorenchester.

General

Other work includes some short stories; among these are the ridiculous adventures of Jeremy Pratt, a bumbling reporter. Following success in a short story competition at the end of 2007, his story Head Over Heels is available in the Gloucestershire 1000 Year compendium. Two of the Jeremy Pratt short stories are available to download as mp3 files.

Wilkie has also featured on Corinium Radio, reading his prize winning entries in their writing competition Write Out Loud.

He is a member of the Catchword Writers Group who meet in Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England. Catchword judged the 2007 Smoke and Mirrors writing competition run by Gloucestershire Writers Network (GWN).  This formed a part of the 2007 Cheltenham Literary Festival and at the festival Catchword members read their poems; Wilkie read his poem Bonehead. Catchword now produce the Graffiti writing magazine and are running a writing competition.

In addition Wilkie writes articles and short-stories for national magazines.

Before his writing career, he was a goose-ringer, a pig-handler, a barman, a factory worker, and a civil servant. Alongside his writing he is a diving-instructor, jam-maker and chef.

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