Jan-Andrew Henderson (J.A. Henderson) is the author of 40 children's, teen, YA and adult thrillers and non-fiction books. He has been published in the UK, USA, Australia, Canada and Europe by Oxford University Press, Collins, Hardcourt Press, Amberley Books, Oetinger Publishing, Mainstream Books, Black and White Publishers Mlada Fontana, Black Hart and Floris Books. He has been shortlisted for fifteen literary awards and is winner of the Doncaster Book Prize, the Aurealis Award and the Royal Mail Award. He owns Black Hart Entertainment and the famous City of the Dead Ghost Tours in Edinburgh, which requires him to wear black all the time. He also runs The Green Light Literary Breakdown Service in Brisbane, offering advice, workshops and talks to budding writers.