Former cop and PI Drew Lindsay is up to his 46th book

OVER A writing career spanning 15 years, Drew Lindsay has published 46 novels.

Drew tinkered with writing short stories and essays prior to embarking on serious novel writing.

“My inspiration is an active imagination and wishing to share stories with others.” he told News Of The Area.

“I always say, this is the last one I will write, but 46 novels on and I’m still going.”

Drew spent two years as a uniformed policeman, later passing the necessary exams to move into plain clothes.

After that, he became a detective in the tough Darlinghurst area of Sydney, then transferred to the 21 Special Squad and later the vice squad at Castle Hill.

Upon retirement, Drew embarked on work as a Private Investigator.

It’s not hard to see where a lot of his inspiration comes from as the central character to most of his books is Ben Hood, a retired police officer.

The novels can be described as crime, action and adventure.

Drew now has a huge following of readers who love to follow the exploits of Ben Hood and several associated characters, and look forward with bated breath to the next novel.

Drew’s wife, Narelle, assists with all the proof reading and publishing of the novels.

“We self-publish to preserve the authenticity of Drew’s stories,” she said.

“Commercial publishers tend to focus more on the market rather than preserving the originality of the work.”

Drew’s novels have now sold more than 500,000 copies – with more to come.

His novels are available from most online booksellers.

By Bill HARROW