Richard Vaughan Davies Author

Richard Vaughan Davies is the author of Fireweed and of In the Shadow of Shakespeare. 

Richard ran a business in Chester and North Wales for many years, which grew to become one of the leading independent menswear retailers in the UK.

At one time he took a three-year sabbatical to read English and Italian at the University of Liverpool. He wrote a regular business column in the Liverpool Daily Post and also published a how-to book named Let’s Talk Shop.

He and his partner Barbara retired to the Cotswolds in 2007. This was partly in order to live near Stratford-upon-Avon to indulge Richard’s love of Shakespeare, where he made the startling discoveries featured in In the Shadow of Shakespeare.  He has three children: Zoe, Ric and Zanna.