As a journalist, John Fullerton has covered twelve wars in twenty-five years, including the struggle between Croatia and Serbia in 1991 and the subsequent separatist conquest of much of Bosnia. Fullerton was born in Dorset, England, and educated in South Africa. He has worked as a farmer, stockbroker, soldier, and foreign correspondent spending most of his time in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East often during periods of conflict where he was usually at the front line. Although The Monkey House is fictional, its atmosphere and setting are based on his coverage for Reuters of the 1991 C...