Andy Blackford enjoyed careers as a rock guitarist and advertising creative director before applying himself seriously to writing. He is the author of two novels and many children's books and was a longtime columnist on Runner's World magazine for which he ran the world's toughest foot race, the Marathon des Sables. Nowadays he works as a prison chaplain and is training for Ordination in the Triratna Buddhist Community. He took up writing poetry when he re-connected with his A Level English teacher, John Foggin, after losing contact for more than 40 years. He is married and lives in Cambridge.
