Rod Duncan worked in scientific research and computing before settling in Leicester to be a writer. His first novel, Backlash, was short-listed for the John Creasey Memorial Award (now the CWA Debut Dagger).

After four crime novels he switched to fantasy, and is currently writing a series of dazzling alternate history books, called ‘The Fall of the Gas-Lit Empire’. Rod is also a screenwriter, and was once eaten alive in the feature film Zombie Undead.