Martin Stanley was born in Middlesbrough in 1972. He was educated in Teesside and later in Bristol, where he studied graphic design. When he isn't writing, he attempts to earn a pathetic living as a freelance graphic designer. He is the author of The Gamblers, a violent noir thriller set in Bristol; a number of books featuring his anti-heroes the Stanton brothers (The Hunters, Bone Breakers, The Green-eyed Monster, The Curious Case of the Missing Moolah, and The Glasgow Grin); and The Greatest Show In Town (and other shorts), a collection of short stories. He has another Stanton brothers novel scheduled for 2016: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Billingham Forum. He also has another few works planned for release in 2017. He lives, works, and socialises in London, where he can often be found in old-man pubs complaining about the state of the world.