J K Davidson was born in rural north Essex in 1951, and brought up in London. Introduced at an early age to the likes of Rosemary Sutcliffe and Ronald Welch, he left school at the age of fifteen, blissfully unqualified, but with a lasting affection for history and historical fiction. After a life spent as an artist and designer, he has finally settled down to writing his own. He currently lives in the Welsh Marches and, when he is not writing, spends much of his time exploring their rich history and landscape.