J.K. Draskau was born in the Isle of Man. She is a senior research fellow at the University of Liverpool, where she is currently researching WWI internment. Once a journalist and radio show host in Bangkok, Draskau studied Thai and Chinese, in addition to working as a Royal tutor. She has written eight award-winning plays, which have graced stages around the world, and has recently published the official commissioned biography of Illiam Dhone.
