John Whitbourn has had eight novels published in the UK, USA and Russia since winning the BBC & Victor Gollancz First Fantasy Novel prize with A Dangerous Energy in 1991. His works have received favourable reviews in The Times, Daily Telegraph, and Daily Express, among others. He is married with a son and two daughters, and lives in the real-life village of Binscombe, where his family can be traced back as far as the Civil War.