Vince received his education and background in writing, illustration and design in Liverpool, England. His first love is children’s writing. Novels, novellas, short stories, picture books; Vince has written and illustrated them all. Vince was inspired to write from the age of five, after his mum brought him an Edward Lear Nonsense Book. He said: “It introduced me to Lear’s hilarious limericks and his wonderful stories.

“My mum always encouraged my creativity and she inspired me as an artist too, because she was the best illustrator I’ve ever known. Later, it was my son Kyle that inspired my stories, and since then my granddaughters Amber and Hollie have inspired almost every picture book I write”. He added: “I’ve always been scribbling away, if only in my head. I’ve enjoyed drawing and creating characters all my life, and each one of those characters has a story. It was only when I started writing children’s books that those stories finally ended up on paper”. 

He wrote and illustrated his first picture book in 2012, A Crack in the Moon. 

Vince has an extensive design record undertaking commissions from companies such as Sony, Tate Gallery, and Uni-Lever. His local work includes running creative workshops for youth organisations, schools, libraries and community groups. Vince’s illustrations and characters have been quoted as being “A step beyond Disney” Gail Stolze – DreamWorks SKG, “An obvious success” HRH The Prince of Wales, “Unique and Enchanting” Richard Branson.

Vince has written and illustrated many children’s books, but he has also been blessed with having some of the world’s finest illustrators work on his books, including:

Andrew Besarab,
Ramon Pla,
Lena Bardy,
Tel Coelho,
Andi Tryanta,
Dainius Šukys,
Len Smith.

Vince has been a teacher to all ages from kindergarten to college. His strengths are in teaching special needs children and excluded children. Vince was an art teacher at Redbridge (special needs high school) for four years, and a creative arts teacher at Everton Free School and Sports Academy for ten years.

As a screenwriter/playwright Vince has received many awards. He has written a number of screenplays that have been optioned by Raw Talent Films, MTV, and Walk the Line producer James Keach. He has also penned plays for the BBC, and written/directed a feature film starring French actress Morjana Alaoui.

Vince is often asked by the media about his next up coming projects. Take a look at these recent articles:

Publishers Weekly

Liverpool Echo