Philip Spires is author of five books. Mission and A Fool's Knot are African novels set in Kenya. Voyagers is a set of travel stories, and A Search For Donald Cottee is a Quixote parody set in Benidorm. He collaborated with Martin Offiah in 50 Of The Best, a selection of rugby league's best tries. Philip Spires was born in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, and has worked and travelled widely in Africa, Asia, the Middle East and Europe. He currently lives in Spain.