Craig Marriner was born in New Zealand in 1974. He was raised & schooled in Rotorua. In the days since, he has mined gold in the Aussie Outback, worked security at English soccer stadiums, wintered on a angry Ruapehu, MCed at an Amsterdam comedy club, haggled in the markets of Istanbul & slept in more train stations than he cares to remember. His first published novel was the award winning Stonedogs. His second novel Southern Style was released in 2006.