Rob Harris grew up in the Forest of Dean but now lives in Oxfordshire. For more than 15 years he worked on regional newspapers as a journalist, sports editor and sub-editor, and he is the former editor of The Forester newspaper. He was named Gloucestershire Media Sports Writer of the Year and is the author of The Gloucester Rugby Miscellany. A self-confessed cricket nut, he has played the game at a lowly grass-roots level for 40 years.