Chris McCooey

Chris McCooey
Christopher (Chris) McCooey
Born 1949
Tunbridge Wells
Children Matthew, Emi
Official website
Chris McCooey

Chris McCooey is a freelance journalist[1] and author. He was born in Tunbridge Wells in 1949 and has contributed travel and gardening articles to The Times,[2] The Daily Telegraph,[3] The Financial Times,[4] The Daily Mail[5] and The Daily Express. He has written a number of local history books and gives talks to local societies in Kent and Sussex. He was educated at Skinners School and University College, Oxford (where he was a contemporary of Bill Clinton). He is the father of actor, Matt McCooey.

Published books

McCooey's published books include[6]:

  • Southborough and High Brooms (Archive Photographs)
  • Sussex Heroes: Brave, Resourceful and True
  • Voices of Southborough and High Brooms
  • Kent Scandals: Sensational, Salacious And Sad
  • Leisure Guide to Scotland's Countryside ISBN 978-0859360272

He is also the editor of Despatches from the Home Front: War Diaries of Joan Strange 1939-1945, ISBN 978-1854240491.

References

  1. ^ Recent Articles
  2. ^ St Davids in Pembrokeshire is the first eco-city
  3. ^ "Gardening: blood, sweat and HLM". Daily Telegraph. 2008-08-22. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/gardeningadvice/3349686/Gardening-blood-sweat-and-HLM.html. 
  4. ^ "To the rescue". Financial Times. 2010-11-05. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/b53ec51e-e796-11df-8ade-00144feab49a.html. 
  5. ^ "Here be dragons!". Daily Mail. 2004-10-04. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/holidaytypeshub/article-592609/Here-dragons.html. 
  6. ^ Books by Chris McCooey on Amazon