In the world outside of writing, I’m simply known as Michael, or more often than not, Mike, and am often asked how I’ve come to be Michael ‘N’ Wilton as my pen name… I was born on August 26 1929 at 9 Eastcombe Avenue, Charlton, which now no longer exists, because the road eventually had to make way for a bypass. My father rushed off and named me Norman Wilton after his brother, a chemist. My mother didn’t care for the name and called me Michael – which everyone has used ever since. My local Bank manager got over the problem by letting it be known that I was ‘Norman,…