The Reading Corner

A dad, a writer, a storyteller

I'm Keith Leonard Gumbrell, born in England in 1986, and a writer from a very young age.

It was becoming a dad that truly brought the stories to life. Those late-night feeds with my children became the birthplace of Felix the Fox. Holding a baby, a bottle, and a book at the same time isn't easy — so I started making stories up on the spot, and those became some of my fondest memories.

Felix isn’t my only creation; I have and still am creating stories for both adults and children. Some new ones for the grown-ups are on the way. Keep checking this page. :)

What you see on this page is just a small selection of my novels, wellbeing guides and journals. Head to Amazon.co.uk and search for my name to see the latest selection of my work.

“Writing became my therapy — a way to quiet my anxieties and make sense of the world. Through storytelling, I found my outlet, a place where my imagination could run wild and free.”

— Keith Leonard Gumbrell

The Delivery Man

Tom Fletcher is nobody. He knows it. He's made his peace with it.

Late thirties, delivering takeaways for a gig economy app in a car held together by stubbornness and duct tape — Tom is the human equivalent of wallpaper. The kind of man you hand money to or take your parcel, and immediately forget.

Until one delivery changes everything.

What Tom finds at the scene — and what he does next — will put him directly in the path of people who are very good at making problems disappear. People who don't knock twice.

The Delivery Man is a darkly comic British thriller about class, invisibility and what happens when the most forgettable man in London accidentally becomes the most wanted.