Henry Sutton is the author of six previous novels, including Get Me Out of Here and Kids' Stuff, which became a long-running stage play in Latvia. He is also the author of a collection of short stories, Thong Nation. He has worked as a journalist and critic, and is now Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia. He lives in Norwich. www.henrysutton.co.ukBRIAN CASTNER served three tours in the Middle East as an officer of the U.S. Air Force two of them as the head of an EOD team in Iraq. In 2006, he received a Bronze Star for his service. Upon returning to the United States following his service, he consulted as an independent civilian contractor, training military… EOD units on tactical bomb-disposal procedures prior to their deployment to Iraq and Afghanistan. He lives in Buffalo, New York, with his wife and children.