A barrister by training, Jeremy Josephs worked for three years as political assistant to David Steel, then the leader of the Liberal Party. His first book, published in 1983, was "Inside the Alliance", a history of the Liberal-Social Democratic Alliance. He is also the author of "Swastika Over Paris", "Hungerford, Murder in the Family, A Chateau in the Dordogne" and "Rosa's Child". He lives in France.