Brian Duncan was born in India and lived there until he was twelve. He then went to school and university in England. He worked as an economist in Africa and Asia for many years, before settling in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Brian's lived and worked in Nyasaland/Malawi during 1947-1986 and travelled the country widely; he spoke ChiChewa fluently. He also worked in Rhodesia/Zimbabwe for 16 years, and during that time researched the setting for his novel 'The Settler'. He is now writing a sequel, set in Nyasaland (now Malawi) during the First World War.