David Neilson was born in Oxfordshire, England, in 1955. He worked in graphic design and photography before becoming a writer. He has travelled extensively around Europe, living in the Greek Islands, West Berlin (before and after the fall of The Wall) southern Spain and County Tipperary in Ireland. He currently lives in the Cotswolds with his wife Rachel and German Shepherd, Portia. This is his second book in the comic sci-fi trilogy.