Eric emigrated to Sydney, Australia with his family in 1980 taking his career in Advertising to a different level, and developed the writing bug in 1996 on a return visit to the UK. He spent some time there writing a pictorial autobiography for a photographer friend, and then entered the world of fiction. He still lives with his wife on the picturesque Central Coast of New South Wales, and in close proximity to their three children and 11 grandchildren.