Like all writers, I can talk about my work in mind-numbing detail for several weeks without drawing a single solitary breath, but I don't really care to talk about myself. I'm content to let my stories and my characters speak for me, even though they sometimes say and do the most terrible things. Just a few, necessary details then... I was born and raised in the City of Leeds, in the north of England, although at this stage I have probably lived the greater part of my life down in the south, first in London and now in the County of Hertfordshire, where I live with my wife, my two sons, and a large greedy dog called Stan. I write two types of crime fiction under my own name - dark and brooding (Perfect Day and Perfect Peace) and light and funny (The Queen of Hearts), and also horror fiction under my pen-name, Jim Mullaney.  Jim has two books to his credit so far, the novel COMEBACK, and a horror short story collection.  I also write a blog on aspects of fiction writing, which can be read on this site - please read and feel free to comment!