Derrick Spies – Writer/Photographer/Insane PeDerrirson

Derrick Spies was a quiet baby and barely spoke a word until the age of two,

preferring to simply point at something and expect whoever was paying

attention at the time to understand. Having said that, once Derrick started

stringing sentences together, he has never stopped. His passion is

communication, no matter what the form (spoken, written or even telepathic).

He has worked for both Die Burger and The Herald in Port Elizabeth, as well

as for the Daily Dispatch in East London in a variety of positions from

general reporter to covering crime and business. He even did a stint as news

editor and online news editor once.

Derrick subsequently left the newspaper industry to seek out a job that

actually pays and now runs his own media consultancy, where he spends most

of his time writing press releases for former colleagues to cut and paste as

their own.

Derrick’s love for the English language has spilled over into the occasional

poem and he currently has three novels that are in various stages of

compilation, with strong doubts that any will see the light of day.

He also has the sometimes annoying habit of referring to himself in the

third person and wrote this biography!