Nik Morton hails from Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear, England. He joined the Royal Navy appropriately as a Writer and in 1986 gained an OU Degree. He has sold over 120 short stories and edited Auguries and five ships' magazines. He was the sub-editor of the monthly magazine Portsmouth & District Post, and also contributed book reviews, articles, artwork and 'The Adventures of Super Scoop the Penguin' comic strip. He was the Editor in Chief of a US publisher 2011-2013. He is the author of 30 books. His latest comprise three psychic spy Cold War thrillers MISSION: PRAGUE, MISSION: TEHRAN and MISSION: KHYBER, a modern vampire thriller, CHILL OF THE SHADOW, a crime thriller set in Tenerife, AN EVIL TRADE, a cop-turned-nun crime thriller THE BREAD OF TEARS, a crime series about 'the Avenging Cat', CATALYST, CATACOMB and CATACLYSM, and a sci-fi double bill of novellas: CONTINUITY GIRL with WE FELL BELOW THE EARTH. He is co-author with Gordon Faulkner (writing as Morton Faulkner) for a fantasy series: FLORESKAND: WINGS and FLORESKAND: KING. His non-fiction book WRITE A WESTERN IN 30 DAYS is a best-seller and is considered a useful guide for all genre fiction writing. Nik is married to Jennifer; they have a daughter, Hannah and a son-in-law Farhad (Harry), grandson Darius and granddaughter Suri. His blog is http: //nik-writealot.blogspot.com and his author page is amazon.com/author/nikmorton