Richard Wills

Richard Wills was born in 1967, in Whitehaven, Cumbria. He graduated in 1989 from Edge Hill University with a degree in Applied Social Sciences and went on to gain a Masters in Cultural Studies at Huddersfield University in 1996. He toiled in the social care sector for 32 years, qualifying as a social worker in 2004, before leaving the profession in 2020 feeling like a principled dinosaur. He is the youngest of three siblings, son of a teacher / steel worker and housewife / shop assistant....See more

Richard Wills was born in 1967, in Whitehaven, Cumbria. He graduated in 1989 from Edge Hill University with a degree in Applied Social Sciences and went on to gain a Masters in Cultural Studies at Huddersfield University in 1996. He toiled in the social care sector for 32 years, qualifying as a social worker in 2004, before leaving the profession in 2020 feeling like a principled dinosaur. He is the youngest of three siblings, son of a teacher / steel worker and housewife / shop assistant. Bloody Social Worker is his first book, although he is currently writing a crime novel set in Oldham whilst studying to become a tutor in adult education. See less