Colin David Ingram lives with his wife and young family in Paisley, Renfrewshire. After legal training he worked for several years as a debt collector and is now a hospital nurse. The Stone Gallows is his first novel.

Raj Kumar is an artist and designer. He and his wife now live in the southern hemisphere after they met whilst living and working in Saudi Arabia.

Canadian born David Morrell studied American Literature at Pennsylvania State University and later became Professor of English at the University of Iowa, a post he held for 16 years before giving up his tenure to write full time. He is the bestselling author of First Blood (the basis for the blockbuster Rambo movies) The Brotherhood of the Rose, The Fifth Profession and Extreme Denial among many others. Three-time recipient of the distinguished Bram Stoker Award, his books have been published around the world in 26 languages and there are 18 million of his books in print.

For more information on David please visit his website here: www.davidmorrell.net

Tim Murgatroyd is an English teacher turned full-time novelist and playwright who lives with his family in York.

His popular trilogy of epic novels set in medieval China, Taming Poison Dragons, Breaking Bamboo and The Mandate of Heaven was judged sufficiently authentic to be translated into Chinese and published in China. His other acclaimed novels include The Electric, The Nazi’s Daughter and the Pilgrim trilogy.

More information on Tim can be found on his website: www.timmurgatroyd.com

Janis Cooke Newman lives in San Francisco, where she teaches classes in creative writing. While Mrs Lincoln is her first novel, Newman is also the author of The Russian Word for Snow, a memoir about adopting her son from a Moscow orphanage. Her writing has appeared in numerous anthologies, including Secret Lives of Lawfully Wedded Wives and four Travelers’ Tales editions. Newman’s travel writing has appeared in a variety of newspapers and magazines, including the LA Times, San Francisco Chronicle, and Backpacker. She is also co-founder of Line by Line, a literary editing service.

For more information on Janis please visit her website here: www.janiscookenewman.com