Hi, I'm Mike Leaver... and welcome to my website.
Here you'll find lots of information about my lifestyle, book-writing, and how to interact (if you wish).
Who am I?
I'm a pensioner who lives off-grid with no modern conveniences in a self-converted, static truck in a small coastal town in North Wales. In just four years, I've written my two-part autobiography and first three saga novels – all on an old laptop largely by candlelight in my lorry!
A single, 71-year-old, vegetarian, I'm like Alan Bennett's London character The Lady in The Van – a well-known eccentric around my adopted home in Snowdonia, and throughout the UK, thanks to extensive media coverage – according to my publicist. I enjoy outdoor adventure, table tennis, and chess.
My Books
Interview Video Exclusive!
My latest book 'English, Solitaire, Cowboy, Cuckoo. . .' has just arrived from my publisher.
I share some of its bizarre highlights in this exclusive 10-minute video interview with my publicist Ian Spindley...
INTERVIEW ABOUT NEW 'CUCKOO' BOOK! (Link to YouTube)
It is available to buy or pre-order from the stockists listed on my Contact/Order page, ahead of its official UK-wide release on 28 August.
Latest News
'English, Solitaire, Cowboy, Cuckoo... Real Life Tales Of Travel Troubles And Madcap Misadventures', is my latest book, available now! Specifically chronicling my bizarre journeys and death-defying solo-mountaineering escapades at home and abroad, it is a companion volume to my general-lifestory 'Yeti Seeks Mate: In Pursuit Of Dreams.' To read more about it see my Books Page, and to order now from my publisher, visit their website shop: https://www.bookguild.co.uk/bookshop/english-solitaire-cowboy-cuckoo/