Oscar Sparrow

Oscar Sparrow

Oscar Sparrow was a chemical engineer working on a pioneering process of polymer production but longed for adventure. Aged 28 he joined the London Metropolitan Police and worked the streets of London until he transferred to Scotland Yard. He obtained a Diploma in French from the Institute of Linguists and gained Home Office accreditation in Italian. He became the desk officer for Art and Antique crime at the London bureau of Interpol. Subsequently he served with Special Branch in an intelligence role. On leaving the police he founded a road transport business which he operated until he moved to France. He enjoyed a lifetime as a performance poet and published his own collection I Threw A Stone. He produced and edited an international poetry anthology Freeze Frame. He lives in South West France with the novelist Emma Calin.