Stewart Hennessey is a former journalist and editor on national newspapers. He has also ghostwritten academic papers and the autobiography of a stripper. To his undying shame he has been a copywriter in the financial services industry. Married with two children, Hennessey lives in the Scottish Borders, close to the village where he grew up. He has also lived in Glasgow, London, Jerusalem, Edinburgh, Moscow, the South of France and a dreamworld. He likes chess, graveyards and biplanes.