Prize-winning author Stewart Ross was inspired to write by his great-grandfather, a vast Scotsman with a spreading beard who wrote an extraordinary novel (Mildred Murdoch) and masses of indifferent poetry. After teaching all over the world, Stewart became a full-time author in 1989. He has written numerous books, fiction and non-fiction (a term he dislikes) for both children and adults. A good deal of his work has been historical fiction, a genre he much enjoys, and he has recently enjoyed critical success with a utopian-dystopia trilogy of novels, The Soterion Mission, Revenge of the Zeds and The Salvation Project. He also writes plays, lyrics and other bits and pieces, and teaches writing in England and France. Stewart lives near Canterbury with his wife, four occasional children and Chess the ageing sheepdog. Each morning he commutes ten metres to work in a large hut in the garden.In all literary matters Stewart is represented by James Wills of Watson, Little Ltd – jw@watsonlittle.com