Richard Regan

Richard Regan joined the British Merchant Marine in 1970, at a time when the Red Ensign still flew at the stern of a quarter of the world’s shipping. Seeing service in freighters, tankers and passenger ships, followed by thirty-five years working ashore for shipping companies and shipbuilders, Richard has visited almost every corner of the globe and amassed a wealth of sights, settings, experiences, and characters that are the inspiration for his writing. 'Oriental Vagabonds' is his first novel, and while set a generation prior his own career, some of the ports and locations described had changed little when Richard first visited them, and the aging tramp ship at the center of the story is little different from one in which he twice circumnavigated the world. His second novel, 'Oriental Vengeance' continued the tale of Captain Bill Rowden and 'Oriental Venture', and recently published 'Oriental Valiant' is the the third installment.