Born in London, UK, grew up in Dublin, Ireland and Luxembourg, now lives in Sydney, Australia with his wife and son.

He grew up in a house of books, cinema, art and music. Years later, after dipping his toe in journalism (including two non-fiction books) he was drawn back into fiction, specifically screenwriting.

After picking up awards for his dystopian feature, Disconn, he's gone on to work on more feature projects and is writing series of books to accompany a TV project, The Commonstate.

His first literary love has always been dystopian fiction -- not because of its gloom, but because of the glint of light, of hope, it forces us to find, to rescue, to preserve. It's these stories we need now, more than ever.