Bob Leaver was born and raised in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England.
A recording of his comic songs and sketches led to his involvement in The Crucible Youth Theatre, Sheffield. Subsequently, he embarked on a Foundation in Performance Arts course, also in Sheffield, before studying Dramatic Arts at Bretton Hall College which was an arts college affiliated to Leeds University.
Bob’s work for the theatre as writer, devisor, script consultant, actor and director has been performed in England, Scotland, Eire, and the USA. Most notably in the Crucible Studio, Sheffield, at the Sunday Times National Student Drama Festival, Scarborough, at the Southwark Playhouse, London and, under the auspices of the National Student Theatre Company, at the Edinburgh Festival where the play he both scripted and directed, No Tender Vocabulary, was Guardian Critics’ Choice.
He is the author of two published genre novels and numerous short stories and also editor of two genre anthologies. The Strange Case of Jaklyn Hyde was his first novel published under his own name and has the dedicated website: www.jaklynhyde.com. His collection of ghost stories, A Christmas Hornpipe and Other Ghostly Yarns, followed. Along with, Whatever Love Means, a collection of interior dialogues.
He currently hosts two YouTube Channels: Spuktastic Audio and Bobologue Audio. Over 25 of his audio monologues have been broadcast on BBC Regional Radio,
