John Kruse

John Kruse BSc, PGCL, MA, is a writer, researcher, speaker, trainer and blogger with interests in several subjects, that include British myth and folklore, enforcement law and legal history. FOLKLORE: John has been fascinated by fairy lore since his early twenties. In mid-2016 he set up the WordPress blog 'British Fairies' and started intensive fairy research and writing. In 2017 his themed examination of fairy-lore, 'British fairies', was published by Green Magic Publishing. His next book, 'Faery' was published by Llewellyn Worldwide in April 2020 and 'Beyond Faery,' a companion volume on mermaids, hobgoblins and other faery beasts appeared in November that year. John has also self-published several faery books on Amazon/ KDP. These are 'Victorian Fairy Verse- an Annotated Anthology,' 'Fayerie- Fairies and Fairyland in Tudor and Stuart Verse,' 'Fairy Ballads and Rhymes,' 'Fairy Art of the Twentieth Century' and 'Nymphology- A Brief History of Nymphs,' 'Twentieth Century Faery Art' and 'Famous Fairies.' He's currently working on several other books on faery and he's published articles in various magazines, including Magical Times, Witches and Pagans, The Wild Hunt and Faerie Mag. John has also written one children's story, 'The Derrick,' and two adult fairy tales: 'The Elder Queen' and 'Albion awake!', all of which are available through Amazon as either Kindle books or paperbacks. ENFORCEMENT LAW: John worked in the field of social welfare law for over 30 years, specialising in civil enforcement (bailiffs' law). He gained considerable practical experience as an adviser, consultant and trainer and wrote numerous books and articles on current and historical enforcement law. In 2010 John founded Bailiffs Study Centre which produced newsletters, good practice guides and reports. He was involved in the reforms introduced in 2014. His Bailiff Scholar blog on Wordpress is a forum for consideration of issues of enforcement law. OTHER INTERESTS: John has also written about rights over common land, agricultural history and historical linguistics. See the list of his books for more details. FICTION & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: In autumn 2014 John also began to publish works of fiction. These stories fall into three broad areas: the fairy stories just mentioned, books based on his time living n the West Midlands in the late 1980s and stories about his teenage years and the music of the 1970s. See also John's blog, 'Broadcast Barnsley,' which features bands and genres from this same era (broadcastbarnsley.wordpress.com). FIND JOHN ONLINE: As well as 'British Fairies,' John writes two other blogs on Wordpress; these are broadcastbarnsley.wordpress.com which discusses music and fashions of the 1970s and johnkruseblog.wordpress.com which is a forum for his wider interests in the arts, history and the like. For full details of his interests and writing, please see his Wordpress website johntkruse.wordpress.com.