Ronald Mackay
Ronald Mackay has written memoirs, fictional and biographical stories, and stage plays. He is working on a Cold War novel.
His writing grows from a close observation of lives, his own and those of others.
Born in Scotland during World War II, he settled in a village in Tenerife at the age of 18 where he lived, worked and learned Spanish with the farmers and fishermen of Buenavista del Norte before returning to Scotland.
An office of the British Government recruited him for a post in Eastern Europe 1967. His self-reliance and military training suited their needs. After two years in Romania and Bulgaria, he undertook work in other countries behind the Iron Curtain and in England, Singapore, Denmark, Israel, Mexico and throughout Canada and the Canadian Arctic. Further missions took him to Europe, Central and South America, the Far- and Middle-East, the Indian subcontinent, South East Asia, and Africa.
After retirement, he and his wife Viviana, spent a decade farming in Argentina and Chile. In 2012 they returned to Canada, then moved to the Netherlands in 2022. Now divide their time between the Voorburg and Tenerife.
His books, all available from Amazon as paperbacks and eBooks, include Fortunate Isle, a Memoir of Tenerife, The Kilt Behind the Curtain, A Tenerife con Cariño and Windows On My Worlds. Currently he is working on a Cold War spy novel.
Contact Information
My telephone number is now (the Netherlands) +31 621 162 137.
My address is:
Elzendreef 220
2272 EE
Voorburg
The Netherlands.