Alexander Gordon Smith is the author of the terrifying Furnace series, and The Inventors, which was shortlisted for the Wow Factor competition, and The Inventors and the City of Stolen Souls. He has also written a number of non-fiction books, as well as hundreds of articles for various magazines. He is the founder of Egg Box Publishing, an independent press that promotes new writers and poets, and is the co-owner of Fear Driven Films. He lives in Norwich. www.alexandergordonsmith.com www.escapefromfurnace.com