Dave Sivers grew up in West London, England and left school at 16 to embark on a successful civil service career. Along the way he gained a first class honours degree from the Open University and moonlighted as, among other things, a nightclub bouncer and a bookmaker’s clerk. He is now a freelance writer and author. His books include the Archer and Baines contemporary crime novels and the Lowmar Dashiel crime fantasy novels. He lives in Buckinghamshire, England, with his wife Chris.