Gervase Phinn

Comedian, author, poet, broadcaster, lecturer, educational guru, after-dinner speaker and 'born raconteur' (The Guardian) is perhaps best known for his best-selling series of five Dales books for Penguin.

Gervase was a schools inspector in Yorkshire and has been affectionately dubbed 'the James Herriot of Schools'. Gervase has written a wide range of academic books, children's poetry and fiction.

Gervase Phinn is one of the most accomplished public speakers of any kind. A natural storyteller, he combines the timing of the professional comedian with palpable warmth and the ability to deliver a message that is more than just a series of jokes. (The Times).