Stephen Leather

Stephen Leather was a journalist for more than ten years on newspapers such as The Times, the Daily Mail and the South China Morning Post in Hong Kong. Before that, he was employed as a biochemist for ICI, shovelled limestone in a quarry, worked as a baker, a petrol pump attendant, a barman, and worked for the Inland Revenue. He began writing full time in 1992.

He has sold more than two million paperbacks and is one of the most successful eBook publishers. His novel The Basement topped the Kindle charts in the UK and the US and in 2011 The Bookseller magazine named Stephen Leather as one of the Top 100 most influential people in publishing.

Stephen Leather's bestsellers have been translated into more than ten languages. He has also written for television shows such as London's Burning, The Knock and the BBC's Murder in Mind series. You can find out more from his website, www.stephenleather.com.