Author Spotlight

MATT COOPER has now written a few kids’ books that will make great gifts for Christmas or throughout the year. We find out more about him here – and we’re helping promote his books on our website too.

Tell us about your expat journey. I’m relatively new to Singapore – my family arrived just over a year ago – and I love living here. I was born in the UK where I later studied marine environmental science, but I’ve worked in many different fields (science, medical writing, IT) with none of them feeling quite right.

When we moved to Hong Kong and our first child was born, I became a “stay-at-home dad” (so called, I believe, because of the words that people shout at them on the street!). It was then that I decided to write my first picture book, out of necessity to some extent, as my son was obsessed with transport yet I couldn’t find any books set in his world. There were plenty set in London, though that was as unfamiliar to him as Tokyo. So, I worked out how to self-publish and luckily my first book sold quite well and I decided to write more.

Is it easy to write and find the content?