Richard Kellier is a poet, artist, writer and author of Progeny of the Shrine and God's Cradle. Now retired, he has worked as a laboratory technician, specializing in biological sciences, database programmer, website designer, and is a former member of the Institute of Science and Technology. Richard writes for a sub-genre of science fiction he prefers to call Sci-Fi Mystery. The stories presented in his novels are firmly based on planet Earth, where scientific mysteries provide abundant material for the writer. Fascinated by the deeply mysterious he writes for those who share an interest in the abounding enigmas that surround us. His novels combine the mysterious past with the science of the here and now. Spare time interests include playing acoustic guitar. His favourite author is Michael Crichton. Richard Kellier is a pseudonym.