Somewhere back in the mists of time, Nick was born in the great sprawling metropolis of London. He grew up in a family where art was always a huge influence. Tapping into this, Nick finished college with a fine arts degree tucked into his back pocket. Faced with the prospect of actually trying to make a living from his talents, he plunged into the emerging video game industry in the 1980s. It was the start of a long career and he produced graphics for many of the top-selling games on the early home computers, including Aliens and Enduro Racer. Those pioneering games may look crude now, but back then they were considered to be cutting edge. As the industry exploded into the one we know today Nick's career went supernova. He worked on titles such as X-Com, and set up two studios, which produced, among other games, Warzone 2100 and the Conflict: Desert Storm series. He has around forty published titles to his name.

As great as the video game industry is a little voice kept nagging inside Nick's head, and at the end of 2006 he was ready to pursue his other passion as a full-time career: writing. Many years later, he completed his first trilogy, Cloud Riders. And the rest, as they say, is history.

Nick has many interests, from space exploration and astronomy to travelling the world. He has even flown solo in a light aircraft, an experience he used as research for Cloud Riders. He's always loved to cook, but then you'd expect it with his surname. In many ways his writing reflects his own curiosity about the world around him. He loves to let his imagination run riot to pose the question: What if?

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