Proudly South African

Hi, my name is John Mountford. My wife, Chanie, and I have been married for 40 years and raised four children, Camilla, Guy, Leila and Courtney. Being husband and father to a close, loving family has been my greatest achievement.

I have been many other things in my life – missionary, entrepreneur, political activist, world traveller… I even tried my hand (?) at singing. Since retirement I have worked hard at adding another item to my CV, that of Author. I have always written for pleasure in the short format – diaries, essays, poems, speeches, articles – but now with time on my hands I have turned to the ultramarathon of writing, the novel. 

Chanie and I live in Paradise Beach on the Southern coast of Africa. Our house is close to the beach and I write with a magnificent view of the Atlantic Ocean, with St Francis Bay to my right and Jeffrey’s Bay to my left as constant inspiration for my latest novel, Moon Over St Francis. Chanie reads all the early drafts of my novels, tempering my idealism with her realism before I release my final draft to an editor.

When I’m not writing, we’re on the beach.