 The author's other novels included "Ask Me Tomorrow" (1962), "The Watchers on the Shore" (1966) and "The Right True End" (1976).He frequently attended public events in Ossett, where he grew up, and Horbury, his birthplace.Barstow's other works included "Joby", which was turned into a television play starring Patrick Stewart, "A Raging Calm", "A Season with Eros", "A Brother’s Tale", "Just You Wait and See", "Modern Delights" and an autobiography, "In My Own Good Time" (2001).