George Spearing was born and educated in the UK, spending two years as a cadet at the shore based naval training school HMS Conway before going to sea at age sixteen.
Emigrating to New Zealand six years later, he worked at a variety of jobs before joining the New Zealand Fire Service in which he served for twenty seven years in the Auckland Brigade, retiring with
the rank of Station Officer. He now lives in Oamaru, South Island, NZ.
'Dances With Marmots' is his first full length book. He has had several outdoor magazine articles published plus a fictional short story published in Air New Zealand’s flight magazine.
Outdoor experiences include sea kayaking, cycling 'off road' across Australia’s Nullarbor Plain, summitting Mt.Cook, NZ’s highest peak, crewing on a 40ft sloop to New Caledonia and
Australia, hiking the length of New Zealand’s North Island and hiking the length of Great Britain.
