I am a pharmacist from Birmingham, UK, and The Tasks of the Departed is my debut novel. I first got the idea for it at university, inspired largely by my love of the supernatural and Dickens' A Christmas Carol! Soon after I qualified, I started working on a part time basis in order to get the idea I'd allowed to bloom in my mind on paper. Building a whole fantasy world with an array of quirky characters has been more exhilarating than I can put into words! I will be writing a sequel in due course. Concerning my other interests, I have a passion for history (especially the Tudors) and feel most at home in castles and cathedrals!