Craig Booker grew up in Ecclesfield, a village which borders Sheffield in the north of England. His first novel - a handwritten full-length science fantasy work whose title he's long since forgotten - was submitted to a national newspaper competition when he was only 14 years old. Sadly, it failed to win, but that didn't deter him - it's hard to quash a major passion! Since those formative times he's had two volumes of locked-room mystery murders published (the 'Impossibilities' books - one story, 'Spindleshanks', was nominated for a Pushcart Prize), but his main literary obsession has always been with the fantasy genre. His work echoes worlds created by Alan Garner, Susan Cooper and Rick Riordan - worlds connected to ours by mythology and folklore - but he's also a huge fan of JRR Tolkien, Robert Jordan and Terry Brooks.Now he's at the beginning of a new literary journey with Knox Robinson, who've signed him up to publish a fantasy trilogy, 'The Albion Chronicles', over the coming years. The first of these, 'Nick Hawthorne and the Banefires of Autumn', will be published on 8 July 2014. Expect crossover worlds, magick, flawed heroes, villains more forces of nature than tyrannical despots, some of the nastier creatures from folklore - and a fifteen year old protagonist totally out of his depth! Folklore really does bite back... Craig's also a keen musician and songwriter, currently playing keyboards and guitars with folk/rock outfit 'Tyburn'. His other interests include exotic travel and (obviously!) reading. He's just taken up photography, too.He currently lives in Handsworth, Sheffield, and is happily married to Andrea.Website: www.craigbookerauthor.co.uk, Facebook search: 'Craig Booker Author', Twitter: #CraigBookerUK