John Fullerton worked during the Cold War as a ‘contract labourer’ in the role of head agent for Britain’s Secret Intelligence Service, also known as MI6, an episode that triggered an interest in spy thrillers. As a newspaperman, freelance journalist and Reuters correspondent, he has lived or worked in 40 countries and covered a dozen wars. The latter have provided settings for his novels, including Beirut, Kandahar and Sarajevo. He has an MA in Buddhist Studies, and in 2006 was appointed a Fellow of the Royal Literary Fund at Roehampton University. He lives in Scotland.