I was born in Bushey, Middlesex, England and grew up in Hatfield, Hertfordshire where I spent my early years covered in mud and grazes. When not gated to the garden, I stirred up neighbourhood wasp nests and made earwig and spider snacks for my baby brother. I passed selection for the 21st Special Air Service Regiment at age 17 and was later commissioned as a Second Lieutenant into the Queen’s Regiment with which I served for several years in Northern Ireland. Since leaving the army in 1986, I have lived and worked in Malaysia, South Africa, Belgium, Singapore and Hong Kong. I started writing scifi in September 2010 and have since published SCAT and BIRDIE DOWN, both based on events in Scat’s Universe. ARMY of SOULS, the sequel to SCAT has recently uploaded to Amazon and Smashwords. SCAT is a big 'what if'. ARMY of SOULS is more of a 'what now'. Both are space operas, which question political systems, economic dependency, compromised regulators, too big to fail businesses, and conflict and vested interest in faith. BIRDIE DOWN is more of an episodic 'shoot em up', akin to a 50s scifi pulp. BIRDIE DOWN's sequel, PHARMA, is almost done. I live with Vivien, my Malaysian-born wife, two East Asian street dogs and four pampered cats in Asia’s World City, Hong Kong. It is the company-run city which inspired Go Down City and the Lynthax Corporation in Scat’s Universe. Twitter @jimsgraham