G. D. Penman is the author of more books than you can shake a reasonably-sized stick at. Before finally realising that the career’s advisor lied about making a living as an author, he worked as an editor, tabletop game designer, and literally every awful demeaning job that you can think of in-between. Nowadays he can mostly be found smoking a pipe in the sunshine and pretending that deadlines aren’t lurking behind him with a club. He lives in Dundee, Scotland with his menagerie.