I was born in Southampton, Hampshire before moving to Wilshire and studying in Ireland and Cambridge, reading Law & Behavioural Psychology and obtaining a Ba (Hons). I also have Diplomas in Law, Biology & Behavioural Psychology, and Psychology. After a successful legal career, I ran my own business for a while, before focussing on my writing career. I currently live in Hampshire, where I still indulge my hobbies of Criminal Profiling, painting, singing and oriental weaponry. The character of Mark King had always been with me. I think for me, the idea of Mark King was something I had always had ever since I can remember. The idea of a Lawyer, one of the good guys, turning to the other side of life and killing people professionally, really interested me in that, it COULD be done. I grew up on a council estate and some of the characters in my books are based on real people. I knew some pretty nasty folk growing up. Take for example, the characters of Hix and Vose. There were a couple of guys who used to give me and my best friend a pretty rough time and they didn’t seem to care who they hurt. I think that helped me a lot in these two characters, and some of the others.