I grew up in Scotland where I rode my bike a lot, waited in the underpass for rain showers to end, wrote stories in school jotters, and painted pictures of my cat and other things. After deciding I had too little talent to attend art school I studied philosophy at Edinburgh University because I felt it was both interesting and unlikely to lead to a traditional job, the thought of which terrified me. Eventually I ran away to London where I remain trapped to this day. I don't care about genres but I've always read a lot of science fiction. I really admired deeply researched hard scifi to begin with - and still do - but later came to love those writers that don't restrict their imagination with what seems possible or likely. I write because I love it, which is just as well because if there's any money to be had they've hidden it pretty well. Please do feel free to friend me here if you like.