JOHN PILKINGTON
Having given up trying to become a rock star after playing guitar in various bands, John Pilkington turned to writing and found his true vocation. His first works were radio plays, followed by stage plays and scripts for BBC television. But his venture into historical crime fiction proved crucial, and it continues to be his lifelong passion. He has published around twenty books including seven in the Elizabethan-set Thomas the Falconer Mysteries series, four in the Marbeck spy series (set in the early Stuart period), and two in a Restoration-era series featuring actress-turned-sleuth Betsy Brand.
Born in the north-west of England, he now lives in a quiet estuary village in Devon with his partner, and has a son who is a musician, composer and more besides. When not at his desk he may be found walking by the river, doing a little carpentry, listening to music or frowning over a crossword - and reading, of course. Having moved his fiction into the 17th century, he quite likes it and may well remain there.
BOOKS BY JOHN PILKINGTON
BETSY BRAND MYSTERY SERIES:
AFTER THE FIRE
THE JUDAS BLADE
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