Matt Bendoris has been a journalist since 1989, starting as a pop columnist on a local newspaper before becoming a features writer for The Mirror, Daily Record and The Sun. He wrote his debut crime novel Killing With Confidence on his BlackBerry during his morning commute. His second, DM For Murder, was shortlisted for the Bloody Scotland Crime Book of the Year in 2015, while his third crime novel Wicked Leaks was released in 2016. Matt was also the winner of the Scottish Newspaper Society's Arts/Entertainment Writer of The Year 2016 and has ghost-written celebrity autobiographies including The Krankies' Fan-Dabi-Dozi.