With twenty years working as an NHS Doctor, Mike has witnessed first-hand just how unpredictable real life can be, and the chaos that such unpredictability can bring to people’s lives. The saying “life is stranger than fiction” often holds true, but for Mike, it’s never just about the drama of the story, instead, it’s always about the people at the heart of it.

For the past fifteen years, Mike has worked as a GP in Gloucestershire, developing and honing his medical expertise, as well as his keen eye for human behaviour. The fleeting facial expressions, the pauses before a sentence, the subtle changes in tone or nuances of speech that often say far more than words ever could. These small, often unnoticed details are what make people unique and have helped bring Mike’s characters to life on the page.

That deep understanding of human subtleties allows Mike to create vivid, authentic and trulybelievable characters who stick with you long after you’ve turned the final page. Combining rich character development, moral complexity, and page-turning tension, along with his real life medical knowledge makes Mike very much a debut author to keep an eye on.

When not working in the NHS, he is busy writing the second novel in the James Harland series. Outside of writing and medicine, he’s a loving husband, proud father to his boys, runner, dog walker, friend, frustrated musician – and an even more frustrated golfer!