I'm Scottish, from Glasgow. I've lived in London for a long time. My first novel, Milk, Sulphate and Alby Starvation, came out in 1987. I've had around 16 books published. The Anxiety of Kalix the Werewolf  was my third book about Kalix. My most recent book, The Goddess of Buttercups and Daisies was published in April 2015.

As well as writing books under my own name, I also write a series of fantasy books about Thraxas under the pseudonym of Martin Scott. There are ten in the series, all available as ebooks. The first Thraxas novel won the World Fantasy Award.

Me holding the World Fantasy Award