R. J. Dark grew up on the edges of Leeds and the edges of society.

Spending his youth as an underground musician and occasional club promoter, he then moved on to stints as an advertising copywriter, trainer, playwright, music reviewer, amateur historian, TV cameraman, anarchist, contrarian, engineer and fraud investigator.

After a long battle with chronic illness, R. J. finally settled on a career in writing. He lives in a crumbling ancient mansion somewhere in Yorkshire and is surrounded by books, music, animals and his family.

R. J. is the author of the Mal & Jackie crime series – his debut novel A Numbers Game is published by Wavesback, and more will follow.