Born in Northern Ireland, Jack is an artist and writer. His paintings are now in collections as far apart as the US, Australia and Europe (including Britain and Ireland). There are now seven Kit Aston novels and also two shorter novellas: The French Diplomat Affair and Haymakers Last Fight. A new Kit Aston is in the pipeline, set in a theatre and will e out before summer 2023. Jack has signed with Lume Books. They have published a new series to coincide with 80th anniversary of battle of El Alamein. The story looks at the battle for North Africa from the perspectives of an English boy and a German boy who are destined to confront and try to kill one another at El Alamein. A popular character from the Kit Aston mysteries now has her own series. Set in the Victorian era, the new series features Aunt Agatha when she was a young woman. A third detective series features the grandson of CI Jellicoe. This series is set in the 1950's. There are three titles with a fourth due in January. Jack lives near London with his beautiful Italian wife and two children.