John-Paul Cleary lives in a small town called Stonehaven in the North-East of Scotland with his girlfriend and their three-year-old daughter. Interested in most fiction genres but specialising in science fiction, his biggest influence is the Culture series by fellow Scot Iain M Banks. John-Paul published his first book Convergent Space, a dramatic galaxy-spanning space opera, in October 2011. Convergent Space is the first book in the series, with the second book due out in 2012. An avid Twitter user and blogger, you can contact him @ConvergentSpace on Twitter or via his blog http://convergentspace.blog.co.uk/.