Hello, and thanks for visiting my blog.  

My name is Leigh Turner, writer and ex-ambassador. I used to write under the name of Robert Pimm.  You’ll find references to him in older posts on this site.

I started writing in 1986 when I was working at the British Embassy in Vienna.  One night, my girlfriend was late for a date.  While I waited, I had an idea that turned into my first novel.  When worked at the British Embassy in Moscow 1992-95, someone told me to “write about what you know”.  I wrote a thriller set in early 1990s Russia.

The first became my satirical thriller Eternal Life – my first book published under my own name, Leigh Turner. The second is “in the drawer” – not yet among my first four published books. 

My next two books are my Istanbul thriller Palladium, due out with Immortal Works Press in May 2022; and my handbook The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Diplomacy, due autumn 2022 or spring 2023. Again, both will be published under the name Leigh Turner, rather than Robert Pimm.

If you’d like to find out more about me, click on the “Read More” link below.  Otherwise, “Books” or “New Posts” are good places to start.  Happy reading!

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