"Ben Baldwin is a Yorkshire man lost in Milton Keynes. Born in Huddersfield, Ben spent his early years in the old textile villages in the foothills of the Pennines. A below-average student, at 9 years old Ben's life was to change thanks to the forgetfulness of his parents in leaving out Bernard Cornwell's Sharpe's Honour. From there on he was rarely to be found without his nose in a book. Thanks to this newfound hobby Ben fell in love with all sorts of storytelling. From general fiction to crime and especially history, the pages kept turning. Growing up he studied history at the University of Sheffield where he met his wife Kim who forced him to leave the home county. He can now be found living in Milton Keynes with their two little girls Ella and Megan."