Marcus Dalrymple was born in Buenos Aires in 1966 and educated in Mexico and at boarding school in England. He read English and Spanish at university before training as a journalist. Marcus wrote for various publications including The Financial Times and Geographical Magazine. In 2000 he trained as a secondary English teacher. 'Viva Mexico! - a year in the Sierra Madre' was published in 2011. 'Killing Time' is his first venture into fiction