Huw Langridge was born in 1973, the year his favourite novel was written. Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C Clarke gave him the motivation and desire to write science fiction. Prior to that, a healthy obsession with all things horror had him emulating the work of Stephen King at every available opportunity. During his years working as a global IT troubleshooter for an oil exploration company, Huw travelled to a number of places that enabled him to find inspiration and tone for his stories. He runs his own author website at www.huwlangridge.co.uk which features a number of his short stories and novels. In July 2003 Huw attended an Arvon Foundation novel-writing course at the residential retreat at Lumb Bank in Yorkshire. The course was tutored by Martyn Bedford ("The Houdini Girl" and "Acts of Revision") and Phil Whitaker ("Triangulation" and "The Face"). The guest author was Louise Welsh ("The Cutting Room"). Also in attendance was Ian Marchant ("Parallel Lines"). Huw has cooked for all of them, and is glad they survived the ordeal. Huw's first short story publication was the science fiction piece "The Ceres Configuration", published in Issue 4 of Jupiter SF Magazine, released in April 2004. The story was described by Adrian Fry of Whispers of Wickedness as "A good old fashioned (yet high-tech) tale of approaching apocalypse, [which] served to remind me just what unpretentious science fiction can do when written by someone who clearly relishes every word." More recently, he produced an eNovel called Spireclaw, now available to read (and as an audiobook) at www.spireclaw.com His debut novel in print is Schaefer's Integrity, published by YouWriteOn. Further published short works have appeared in The Ranfurly Review, Reflection's Edge and Jupiter SF. Huw gets his inspiration from music, travel and the seasons. He is married and lives in Surrey, England.