A.S.Chambers is a writer of urban fantasy and the creator of the long-suffering investigator of the paranormal, Samuel C Spallucci. He grew up in Northamptonshire (the place where they used to make shoes) but now lives in Lancaster (the place that should be the county town of Lancashire, but isn’t). He thinks he is somewhere in his 40’s but, to be honest, he lost count back in the year 2001 when he realised that there had not been a nuclear apocalypse which would leave him with special powers and that hover cars were still a very long way off in the future. His first published book The Casebook of Sam Spallucci is available for sale on Amazon and he thinks that you will enjoy its fusion of film noir, urban fantasy and humour. However, he does feel that your gran would not like it for a Christmas present as there is a slightly rude scene that might make her blush somewhat involving a college chaplain, a young male student and a jar of mayonnaise. Having said that, she probably won’t send you another pair of those hideous socks again which might be beneficial in the longer term.