D.F. Gregory was born in 1968, and brought up in the historic Yorkshire village of Hatfield. He graduated from the University of Huddersfield in 1999 with a  Bachelor of Arts honours degree in history before moving to London for further study and work.He later returned to the north of England to become a family carer to a terminally ill parent with dementia. In May 2007 he became an elected town councillor, and despite suffering a physically debilitating and disabling brainstem  infarction in 2015, he continued in this role  later being appointed mayor twice  before retiring his seat in June 2022. His literary pursuits became a relaxing  pastime, assisting in his stroke rehabilitation, and later graduating into a passionate interest resulting in this publication.