John Meaney is the author of four previous novels. His novelette "Sharp Tang" was short-listed for the British Science Fiction Award, and "To Hold Infinity" and "Paradox" both appeared on the BSFA short lists for Best Novel. Meaney has a degree in physics and computer science and holds a black belt in Shotokan karate. He lives with his wife in Kent, where he is at work on his next novel, Black Blood," "the sequel to Bone Song," "