Testing the waters of writing on a university thesis, Les learned of his passion for words and social justice. After publishing two academic papers followed by further non-fiction, he switched gears to focus passion and writing voice on fiction. His novels and short stories typically play out in a near future settings, all linked to his OurNearFuture site. The science researched speculative novel Pinatubo II set in the year 2027 begins a Climate Reality series, the second novel Krakatoa II will publishing in 2019, while the story of rebellious youth in The shela directive novel became available in 2016.
