After graduating with an MA in Creative Writing (UCT) under the supervision of Etienne van Heerden, Ian successfully debuted as a novelist in 2018 with his WW II thriller, Featherstream (republished as Subversion). His second novel, Catastrophe, is also a historical memoir-thriller, set in Cold War Ukraine. The novels have featured #2 and #1 respectively on Exclusive Books best seller lists. An engineer by training, he subsequently earned an MBA from Columbia University, and has worked in strategy consulting and finance in New York, Sydney and Cape Town, where he currently resides. Ian's work has appeared in publications including the Anthology of South African Short Stories and Engineering News. Passionate about history, travel, Ian enjoys doing intensive, immersive research.
