Leon was born on Friday 24 January 1975 as a fraternal twin, at Southampton General Hospital. He was born into a family of five children. Leon had no aspiration to become a writer until he reached the age of forty-one. His original dreams before choosing a sensible job was an actor. He was obsessed with black and white cowboy films and eventually Star Wars A New Hope. He watched it over a hundred times wearing out the VHS tape. However he dreamed about making up stories from the age of around ten. When he was at the age to decide on a job, he originally chose to study hotel and catering to become a chef. It was to either work abroad on a millionaire yacht or manage a five star hotel. He studied at Eastleigh College in Hampshire. That was quashed when he realised it was not for him. He ended up going to the college library and browse an encyclopaedia book on every job you could think of. He focused on an office job and involving finance. There he found the idea of becoming an accoun