John Dickie

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Gender	Male
Occupation	writer
Location	Northampton, United Kingdom
Introduction	For 30 years I followed the teaching trade.For the same 30 years I was also a Labour Councillor on Northampton Borough Council.For ten of those years I was leader of Council.On leaving council(all 30 years representing castle ward) I went to WarwickBusiness School and completed a masters in Public Administration(MPA) which included a stint at the Kennedy School of Governance(Harvard) and Georgetown Univ. I was also for a number of years a partner ina small export orientated business.Now I write weekly for the Northampton Chron & Echo and do a little supply teaching when the mood takes me. Have been married almost 40 years to Marie- who left school at 15 and now has a PhD. and was Chair of Northants Police for over a decade and has worked nationally in a number of policing roles.Marie was awarded a well deserved OBE in the 2008 New Years Honours.
Interests	Detective fiction, music, observing the political process, travelling to exotic places with strange sounding names, drinking mature grape juice and eating marie's cooking.