David Rix is an author, publisher, editor and artist from London's East End, where the canals, railways and wild areas of street art and alt culture have been a major inspiration. His published books include the novelettes A Suite in Four Windows and Brown is the New Black, the novella/story collection Feather, which was shortlisted for the Edge Hill prize, and the novel A Blast of Hunters, as well as various works in anthologies. His author website is http: //www.davidjrix.co.uk/