Although my background is in science, I always enjoyed writing and playing music and songs. I was an avid reader of everything from classic novels to science fiction. But most of all I loved comedy in all its forms. I used to devour the works of PG Wodehouse and Evelyn Waugh, and more recently Tom Sharpe and Bill Bryson. There is something about making people laugh that i find particularly satisfying. After leaving the city I had the opportunity to use all the bad puns i had built up for years in writing Pantomime. This lead on to the idea of a comic novel.