ALEX GRAY was born and educated in Glasgow. She has worked as a folk singer, a visiting officer for the Dept of Social Security and an English teacher. She has been awarded the Scottish Association of Writers Constable and Pitlochry trophies for her crime writing. Married with a son and daughter, she now writes full time.Alex Wheatle, was born in South London. He is currently working with Book Trust to introduce literature to the dispossessed. He organises and holds workshops in prisons and young adult institutions.