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|Calvin "Freckle" McMurray
|First appearance in comic
|First appearance with dialog
Nina (mother)
Rocky (cousin)
Calvin[1] "Freckle"[2] McMurray[3] is Nina's son and Rocky's cousin. Freckle first appears in "Reciprocity", though he does not have dialog until the following episode, "Coconspirator". After he is rejected from the police academy due to an "incident", Nina inadvertently causes Freckle to become involved with Lackadaisy.
In the comic
Volume 1
Freckle is first depicted in "Reciprocity", as Nina and Rocky discuss his rejection from the police academy and ensuing depression. In exchange for doing Rocky's laundry, Nina persuades Rocky to take Freckle with him while Rocky "runs errands".
Freckle's first dialog is in "Coconspirator", where Rocky leads him to believe they will be pursuing justice.
In "Scathefire" Freckle accompanies Rocky to the pig farm. Freckle confesses to feeling "useless", and Rocky leads Freckle to believe he is a vigilante.
In "Blitzwagen" through "Schadenfreude", Freckle bears witness to Rocky attacking the pig farm with the aid of Molotov cocktails, destroying the pig farmers' vehicles and property.
In "Brouhaha", Rocky tells Freckle that what is right is not always lawful, though Freckle does not seem entirely convinced. Freckle exhibits the same crazy laugh that Rocky manifested in "Schadenfreude", though Freckle seems horrified by this aspect of his nature. Otherwise he is concerned by how many laws he and Rocky have broken; he seems to believe he is a good person, or at least is "supposed" to be good. Freckle also alludes to an unspecified incident in which he got into trouble, though he cuts himself off before disclosing any details.
Rocky brings Freckle to Little Daisy in "Surreption", where Freckle meets Ivy for the first time. While Ivy takes an immediate and intense interest in Freckle, his reaction is akin to terror. Though Rocky is atypically protective of Freckle and rejects Ivy's suggestion that he bring Freckle to Lackadaisy, Ivy distracts Rocky and then slips a Lackadaisy pin to Freckle. That evening, in "Dysphoria", a restless Freckle takes the pin and sneaks out of his house.
Freckle arrives at Little Daisy in "Latecomer", but his anxiety prevents him from leaving the car until Ivy approaches him. They make their way to Lackadaisy in "Wishy-washy". While Ivy wants to dance with Freckle, he does not share her interest, and is surprised to find himself in a speakeasy at all. The issue is rendered moot when Rocky and the band practically run them over. Rocky is less than pleased to see Freckle, and Ivy explains that she invited him because Rocky would not, and because her last "dance partner broke his arms and legs in some horrible accident". Freckle, meanwhile, is surprised to find out that Rocky plays the violin in a speakeasy, and is not a vigilante. Due to the incoming pig farmers, Rocky begins leading them out of the club. When Mitzi asks why the pig farmers are breaking into Lackadaisy in "Malarkey", Rocky feigns amnesia only to have Freckle "helpfully" refresh his memory. With Rocky, Mitzi and Zib, Freckle flees for the storeroom, which serves as Lackadaisy's armory, in "Skedaddle".
When Rocky takes Mitzi's gun in "Deadlock", intending to defend the others after they learn that the storeroom's weapons are missing, Freckle looks on in apparent irritation as Zib and Mitzi try to dissuade Rocky. In "Doolally", Freckle takes the gun and shoots Avery, possibly killing him. He then drops the pistol and takes Avery's Tommy gun before charging into the caverns, laughing maniacally. In "Echolalia", Freckle ambushes Avril and Emery, the remaining pig farmers, forcing them to retreat from him. Freckle finds Emery in "Whizbang", shooting him before he can harm Mitzi and Zib, then running off in pursuit of Avril. In "Quicklime", it is revealed that Freckle shot Avril in "Rhetoric". Freckle's normal personality reasserts itself, and after apologizing to Mitzi he runs away, apparently horrified by his actions. Rocky's offer of a sandwich has little effect. Freckle races to his car, still outside Little Daisy, in "Palaver" where Rocky catches up to him. Freckle appears unmoved by Rocky's words, actually growing more agitated when Rocky asks Freckle to consider what Nina would do to both of them if she learned of Freckle's actions.
The next morning, in "Daybreak", Rocky visits Freckle and Nina's house, and Nina tells him that Freckle is in bed. After Nina tells him to wake Freckle up so that he can find work, Rocky states that he has found a job for Freckle.
Volume 2
Rocky enters Freckle's bedroom in "Pinstripes". While Freckle is almost catatonic, Rocky largely brushes off what occurred the previous evening, though he figures out that Freckle's crazy side is the reason why he was booted from the police academy, and tells Freckle that he can get him a job.
In "Memento", Freckle and Rocky are driving together while Freckle is questioning Rocky about his new job. Rocky initially tells Freckle that he will just be escorting Rocky, though he shortly admits that Freckle will be carrying a gun. When Freckle states that he is not sure that is a good idea, Rocky adds that "in theory" Freckle will never use the gun; he just needs to look intimidating. After Rocky inadvertently reveals that he keeps playing cards in the sleeves of his jacket, he gives Freckle a Three of Clubs, stating that it is Freckle's "lucky number", as it is the number of people Freckle killed the prior evening.
Rocky brings Freckle to meet Mitzi in "Proposition", and Mitzi asks them if they would like lunch. They subsequently accompany Mitzi to her meeting with Asa in "Luncheon". Though she seems to hope that Rocky and Freckle's presence will impress Asa, their conduct proves less than convincing. With Mitzi and Rocky, Freckle returns to their car in "Interloper". Mitzi notes en route that they need to start reclaiming their former trade routes rather than doing business with Kehoe, and that she owes someone a visit. Freckle notices that Mordecai is already in the car, but his warning is overlooked. He is less than enthused when Mitzi agrees to speak with Mordecai privately.
Freckle and Rocky escort Mitzi to meet with Wick in "Retinue". Wick seems genuinely pleased to meet Freckle, even offering to show him his gun collection after Mitzi notes that Freckle likes guns. While Mitzi and Wick go to Forest Park, Rocky and Freckle go to the college that Ivy is attending in "Academia". Rocky is upset that Wick was not deterred from seeing Mitzi by their encounter, and fears that if Wick becomes involved with Lackadaisy then Rocky will become superfluous. After Freckle asks why they are on the college grounds, Rocky states that he plans to pick up Ivy in order to use her as a shield against Viktor.
Freckle, Rocky and Ivy arrive at Viktor's apartment in "Deadeye". Though Viktor slams the door in their faces, Ivy persists in entering. After dropping the magazines in Viktor's lap, Ivy introduces him to Freckle, declaring that they are dating. At that, Viktor directs his glare beam at Freckle, making the latter very uncomfortable. In "Dotage", their conversation is interrupted by the arrival of Mrs. Bapka, Viktor's upstairs neighbor, who desires Viktor's assistance with her sink. When he is unable to get to his feet due to a coughing fit related to his injuries, Freckle and Ivy go in his place at Rocky's suggestion. While Freckle examines Mrs. Bapka's sink in "Handyman", Ivy asks him whether it is true that he killed the pig farmers. Before Freckle can respond he is distracted as sardines[4] spill from a sink pipe onto his face, and withdraws from under the sink without answering Ivy's question, leaving her dubious. Ivy and Freckle talk further in "Sandwich", with Ivy trying to determine why Freckle is spending time working with Rocky if he does not like what he did the prior evening. She dismisses his claim that he is working with Rocky just because he needed a job, but before she can gain more useful information from him they are both distracted by the sandwiches Mrs. Bapka has made for them...with the sardines Freckle removed from her sink pipe earlier.
In "Gallivant", Ivy runs into Freckle and Rocky while storming away from Viktor's apartment. Rocky offers her a lift, and after pausing to kiss Freckle and stating that, "we'll do it again", she sits between them. They arrive at Freckle's house in "Homestead", where Ivy horrifies Rocky and Freckle by asking whether she can meet Freckle's mother. As Freckle gets out of the car Ivy reminds him that he owes her a date. Rocky gives Freckle a "friendly reminder" on a piece of paper, and tells him that he will see Freckle before midnight the following day, and that Freckle should bring a long coat, "for the heat". In "Correspondence", it is revealed that Rocky's "friendly reminder" is a comic depicting Nina killing Rocky after learning the truth of his and Freckle's activities, with the moral, "Remember to always lie". Freckle enters his home only to be questioned by Nina as to his activities that day; she appears to be somewhat suspicious of him. Freckle retreats to his bed.
Freckle appears in "Butterfly", in which his aversion to butterflies is explained; when they were children, Rocky killed a butterfly that had landed on Freckle's face. In "Bee-Glue" Rocky is shown trying to glue flapjacks to Freckle's head to see whether bees will approach him. Rocky's experiment goes awry when he falls and the glue lands on him and he attracts bees.
"Trouble Boys" shows Freckle on the shooting range while at the police academy. He is in full crazy-mode, scaring his fellow recruits. In "Tiddlywinks", Mitzi asks Rocky why Calvin is nicknamed "Freckle". Rocky explains that when they were children he shaved the fur off of Freckle's face, and he had a single freckle.
Rocky and Freckle bury Sammy Scruggs among Nina's rhodedendrons in "Slipshod". According to Rocky he snitched out Rocky and Freckle hoping to make money.
Appearance and personality
Rocky nicknamed Calvin "Freckle" due to a single freckle he found on Calvin's face when, as children, he shaved the fur from it.[5] Freckle developed acrobatic skill as a child; it was a survival mechanism resulting from spending time with Rocky.[6]
Freckle appears to be very upset about his rejection from the police academy. According to Nina in "Reciprocity", he has been repeatedly mowing the lawn when Rocky arrives.
When feeling restless, Freckle likes to fix things.[7] He also has an issue with butterflies; in "Luncheon" he swats frantically at one when it approaches him. In "Butterfly", it is shown that Freckle's butterfly problem is due to Rocky having killed one that had landed on Freckle's head when they were children. According to Rocky, Freckle enjoys discussing sports.[8]
According to Rocky, Freckle is "a little uncouth". When Ivy takes a strong interest in Freckle upon meeting him, Freckle appears to be almost terrified by her interest.[9] Freckle seems to feel similarly regarding the idea of Nina being upset with him. In "Palaver", he grows highly agitated when Rocky asks Freckle to consider what Nina would do to the both of them if she learned of Freckle's actions.
Freckle either owns a car or has access to one.[10]
Dark side
There are hints that Freckle may not be entirely sane. In "Brouhaha", Freckle exhibits the same crazy laugh that Rocky manifested in "Schadenfreude", though Freckle seems horrified by this aspect of his nature. Otherwise he is concerned by how many laws he and Rocky have broken; he seems to believe he is a good person, or at least is "supposed" to be good.
In "Doolally", Freckle swiftly shoots Avery, one of the pig farmers, with a pistol. He then seems to go crazy, trading the pistol he was holding for Avery's Tommy gun and charging into the caverns of Lackadaisy while laughing maniacally, a much stronger version of the laugh he used in "Brouhaha". "Echolalia" establishes that Freckle has a degree of cunning while this aspect of his personality is dominant; he successfully ambushes two of the pig farmers and forces them to retreat. His laugh is apparently similar enough to Rocky's that the pig farmers assume Freckle is Rocky. Ultimately Freckle incapacitates all three of the pig farmers before his normal personality reasserts itself in "Quicklime", at which point he is apparently horrified by his actions, apologizing hastily to Mitzi before he runs away. Rocky notes to Mitzi that Freckle has done this, "once or twice...though the, uh, unmitigated carnage is a recent development". Freckle is ultimately so agitated by his actions that he is physically ill in "Palaver" and almost catatonic in "Pinstripes". The latter reveals that Freckle's personality issues are the reason why he was rejected from the police academy.
Freckle is depicted as a human in "Counterpart".
Freckle meets Ivy in "Surreption", and while she appears quite interested in him, he appears almost afraid of her. Rocky dismisses Freckle's reaction, claiming that, "he doesn't get out much". In "Wishy-washy", Ivy wants to dance with Freckle, though he does not share her interest and appears more scared by the idea than anything else. Ivy tells Viktor in "Deadeye" that she has decided that she and Freckle are dating. Viktor is less than thrilled. Ivy asks Freckle whether it is true that he killed the pig farmers in "Handyman", but he fails to answer the question and leaves her dubious.
In "Gallivant", Ivy kisses Freckle while getting into a car with him and Rocky, and states that they will kiss again in the future. Freckle seems agreeable to this.
Nina is Freckle's mother. Though Nina appears to care for Freckle's well-being, she is also willing to invoke religion to make him feel guilty when she believes he may be deceiving her.[11]
Rocky is Freckle's cousin, and the two of them apparently were together a great deal as children, prior to Rocky being booted out of his home.[12]. "Correspondence" reveals that Rocky sent a number of letters to Freckle between 1921 and 1924. Freckle has kept them in a box located under his bed. Nina states in "Somersault" that Freckle is, "the only one in all o'creation who'd follow you". Though they seem to have a close relationship, Rocky does not understand Freckle's interest in enforcing the law, and deceives Freckle into believing that he is a vigilante in "Scathefire". Rocky appears to be interested in chipping away at Freckle's sense of morality; in "Brouhaha", Rocky claims to Freckle that what is lawful is not always what is right, though Freckle does not appear entirely convinced. Notably, though Rocky shows little qualms about deceiving Freckle, he does cut Ivy off when she suggests that he bring Freckle to Lackadaisy, after having earlier deflected Freckle's questions concerning Rocky's involvement with the band.[9] In "Wishy-washy", Freckle is surprised to learn that Rocky is not a vigiliante, and instead works in a speakeasy, while Rocky is not happy to see that Ivy has brought Freckle to Lackadaisy.
In "Doolally", Rocky initially appears surprised after Freckle has dispatched Avery, but then proudly declares Freckle, "My cousin". Mitzi observes that Freckle shares Rocky's laugh. Rocky later notes to Mitzi that Freckle has gone crazy "once or twice" before, though he adds that the "unmitigated carnage is a recent development".[13] Rocky realizes in "Pinstripes" that Freckle was kicked out of the police academy because of his behavioral problems. Rocky also advises Ivy against prying too deeply into Freckle's psyche.[14]
Viktor is introduced to Freckle by Ivy in "Deadeye", who also reveals Freckle's real first name. Upon Ivy mentioning that she has decided that Freckle and her are dating, Viktor directs his glare beam upon Freckle, making the latter extremely uncomfortable.
Freckle first meets Wick in "Retinue", while Freckle is escorting Mitzi. Wick greets Freckle amiably, even offering to show him his gun collection after Mitzi notes that Freckle likes guns.
"After-party" depicts Freckle sleeping against a couch with empty liquor bottles nearby. Mitzi is resting on Rocky atop the couch. This would seem to be an unlikely development given the course of the comic so far. Similarly, Wick was to be or will be on better terms with Rocky and Freckle, as shown in "Balderdash", in which Rocky teases Wick about associating with Mitzi given the rumors concerning her involvement in Atlas's demise, and "Baby Vamp", in which the three comment upon a passing woman.

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Census of Population and Housing, 1970 [United States]: Summary Statistic File 4A -- Housing [Fourth Count] (ICPSR 8126)
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These data are from the 20-, 15-, and 5-percent samples of the 1970 United States Census of Population and Housing, and contain tabulations of housing characteristics such as housing value, number of housing units in structure, number of rooms in housing unit, year structure was built, occupancy/vacancy status, tenure, rent, type of heating fuel, source of water, and presence of an air conditioner and other home appliances. The unit of observation for these data files is the census tract. There is one file for each of 48 states and the District of Columbia. The Census Bureau did not issue data for Vermont and Wyoming because these two states were not tracted in 1970.
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United States Department of Commerce. Bureau of the Census. Census of Population and Housing, 1970 [United States]: Summary Statistic File 4A -- Housing [Fourth Count]. ICPSR08126-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2001. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08126.v1
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Do you have other hobbies/interests?
Posted 02 June 2006 - 03:41 PM
I'll go first, my two main interests are in photography and cars.
I have been into photography for a few years, but finally decided to take the big step and bought a Canon Digital Rebel XT as a beginner SLR. I've joined a local photography club here and I'm learning alot. I consider myself a selft-taught beginner for the most part. Here's one of my latest images that I've been working on.
My other hobby is wrenching on my car or friend's cars. I learn alot from being in a car club for more than 4 years. So alot of what I have done and know are self-taught and through the help of other people. I work on my own car to save money (I don't like paying other people to do the work). Everything from brakes to engine work and detailing.
some of the engine work i've done on my car.
So what do you like to do?
Posted 03 June 2006 - 10:41 AM
My two passions outside of family and mapping are:
1. Disc golf. I LOVE to play disc golf, and am actually using my web and map design skills to try and further the exposure and presence of the sport. I even got my local community to fund a new nine-hole course this summer...of which I guess I am the temporary "club pro", though I am FAR from a "pro" when it comes to disc golf.
2. Bandwidth conservation. I LOVE doing whatever I can to make web sites run faster/better/cheaper....and by FAR the biggest impact I generally am able to help with is the replacement of unnecessarily-bloated graphics with efficient ones that look identical on-screen, but are 60-70+ percent smaller in bytes. Most web designers don't have a clue how to efficiently load a graphic or strip extranneous data out of an image. I love to help with that kind of stuff whenever I can...."teaching people how to fish", if you will.
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mapformation, LLC
Posted 03 June 2006 - 01:52 PM
Music (I'm sure regular readers here have already noticed my love of The Who)
I dabble in photography, would like to have some more time for it.
I play badminton, although lately I'm largely confined to giving training to the kids in our club, rather than actually playing myself.
And I like to travel, often using maps or music as an excuse and doing some photography on the way
Red Geographics
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Posted 05 June 2006 - 12:13 AM
Long story short: I started taking a few pictures of a supermarket demoltion. A few pictures turned into 2000. Then a chance meeting with the director of the local arts council turned it into an exhibit, and it kept snowballing from there!
The official opening is next week. After that, I need to get back to GIS and try to become solvent again. More info on this upcoming exhibit at: SuperValu Redux
Posted 05 June 2006 - 10:22 AM
My biggest hobby is being a sports fan - baseball in particular. I'm not much of a hockey or basketball fan. I enjoy watching football. But baseball is a bit of a passion for me. There's nothing I enjoy more than going to a baseball game.
Although I'm on the west coast, where we don't have the volume of minor league baseball teams that exist back east, I'm pretty fortunate to have a minor league team about 30 minutes away. I try to get up to their games once or twice a month.
I do have season tickets to the San Diego Padres. I go to about 10-20 games a season.
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United States Marine Corps
West Coast Installations
Posted 05 June 2006 - 07:04 PM
Posted 06 June 2006 - 07:29 AM
US Census Bureau
Posted 06 June 2006 - 08:13 AM
Map-making had never been a precise art on the Discworld. People tended to start off with good intentions and then get so carried away with the spouting whales, monsters, waves, and other twiddly bits of cartographic furniture that they often forgot to put the boring mountains and rivers in at all.
In some of his books he describes little towns as "only being there because cartographers hate embarassingly empty spaces on a map".
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Posted 06 June 2006 - 12:48 PM
Posted 06 June 2006 - 01:12 PM
Count me in as one of the photo hobbyists when not doing GIS. At least I thought it was a hobby, until a couple of months ago it spun out of control. Now it's a full-time unpaid job.
Long story short: I started taking a few pictures of a supermarket demoltion. A few pictures turned into 2000. Then a chance meeting with the director of the local arts council turned it into an exhibit, and it kept snowballing from there!
The official opening is next week. After that, I need to get back to GIS and try to become solvent again. More info on this upcoming exhibit at: SuperValu Redux
Congrats... you have some nice shots in there.
What kind of photo equipment do you use?
Posted 07 June 2006 - 06:16 AM
Prefered genres are science fiction (just recently discovered Terry Pratchet)
I just discovered Richard Morgan's (British Sci-Fi writer) Tacheki Kovacs series which is some of the best sci-fi I've read in a long time.
Posted 07 June 2006 - 08:58 AM
I love to play Ultimate (www.upa.org), but last week while playing in the local league, I dislocated my knee and tore my ACL, so I won't be playing again unless I get the replacement surgery
I am also an avid bird watcher, hiker, and amateur naturalist.
Nick Springer
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Owner: Springer Cartographics LLC
Posted 07 June 2006 - 12:31 PM
When I get a few minutes away from the family I also like to make photographs. I finally got a digital SLR (Canon Digital Rebel XT) and have been taking more lately.
I love to play Ultimate (www.upa.org), but last week while playing in the local league, I dislocated my knee and tore my ACL, so I won't be playing again unless I get the replacement surgery
I am also an avid bird watcher, hiker, and amateur naturalist.
Nick, sorry to hear about your knee! Hope it doesn't hurt too much and that you have a speedy recovery.
I also use the Canon Rebel XT. Great camera for it's price and size. I did get the battery grip though. Makes it a little more balanced with the added weight. I'm only working off the 18-55mm kit lens right now, but i'm looking into getting another lens this summer.
if you are a bird watcher, you will need one of those 400mm super telephoto lenses.
Posted 07 June 2006 - 01:40 PM
First one was taken with my 'old' camera though (a 300D). I've been using Sigma lenses, 28/90 and 70/300, for almost a year now, haven't touched the stock lens ever since (although there were times when I wish I had it with me...)
Mike, I got the lenses plus a very useful bag for a decent price here: RitzCamera
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Posted 07 June 2006 - 06:17 PM
Also spend a lot of time converting a warehouse I brought a few years ago when I used to be working as a set builder. Making it into a more living and workshop space, have added a mezinne which I am putting two bedrooms and an openplan kitchen/living room and putting a shower and another toilet up there. Not sure if it counts as a hobby or a curse.
And a dog who's a handfull at times.
Nice to hear some more about other people on here than just their map obsessions. and some more photos shared - a few I've liked that I've taken.
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HOLLYWOOD'S take on the bestselling debut novel by Stourbridge author SJ Watson is finally set to hit the big screen this week.
Before I Go To Sleep, starring Oscar-winners Nicole Kidman and Colin Firth, opens at cinemas across the country on Friday - having already been given a big thumbs up by the Black Country author himself.
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Remaining largely faithful to Watson's book, the movie was filmed in London and Surrey and centres on amnesia patient Christine (played by Moulin Rouge and Eyes Wide Shut actress Kidman) who wakes every day to remember nothing of the day before.
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Watson, who grew up in Wordsley, said he was confident Kidman and Firth would be the perfect partners to bring to life his complex characters but he said: "They just looked absolutely incredible. They just looked the part. As soon as I saw them and as they played out the scenes I was totally convinced by them. They're both so versatile. To have them so totally inhabit the roles was quite moving in a way.
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Watson says he tried to sit back from the film-making process - although he did discuss the project in advance with producer Liza Marshall and director Rowan.
He also visited the set a number of times.
On meeting Kidman and Firth, he said: "They were both very charming and told me they loved the characters; they were both very down to earth and very committed."
And on BAFTA-winner Joffe's take on the drama he said: "I think it's stayed true to the story and spirit of the book but there are quite significant changes that Rowan's made to bring it to the big screen - for instance Christine keeps a video diary rather than a journal and the house is much more cinematic than in the book.
"But what I always wanted was for it to be a good film rather than a scene by scene rendering of the book."
Watson, aged 43, who attended The Wordsley School (when it was Buckpool) and King Edward VI College in Stourbridge, wrote the novel while working as an NHS audiology specialist at St Thomas's Hospital, London.
Determined to pursue his writing ambitions, he enrolled on a course with the prestigious Faber Academy and took on a more junior role at the hospital to enable him to devote more time to his passion.
The decision was probably the best he ever made as the book was snaffled up and published in more than 40 countries; it has also become one of the most successful debuts ever.
Watson, who is signed to Transworld, is now hoping to match its success with his second novel Second Life, which will be published next February.
He said: "For the last two years my number one priority has been to write my second book which is what I've spent most of my time doing. It's another psychological thriller and it has some similarities to Before I Go To Sleep; it's about a woman in jeopardy and danger who doesn't quite understand the depths she's getting herself into."
Before I Go To Sleep, rated 15, can be seen at cinemas nationwide from Friday September 5.