I come from a creative family, my father was a musician, and my great uncle was a music teacher who was the cousin of Ivor Novello. My major influences have included writers ranging from H.G.Wells to Stephen King. But I have a wide library including authors such as Bernard Cornwell, John Grisham and Catherine Cookson.

I have three published novels under my belt. "Snowbird" and "The Scarlet Web" and more recently "Stormfly" which can be purchased by visiting my website @ www.briancross.net or by mailing me at briancross@briancross.net