Gerrard Cowan is a writer and editor from Derry, in North West Ireland. He is the author of The Machinery and The Strategist, the first two books in The Machinery Trilogy.
Gerrard studied History and English Literature at Trinity College and International Relations at King’s College. His first known work was a collection of poems on monsters, written when he was eight; it is sadly lost to civilisation. He lives in South East London with his wife Sarah and son Finn.