I was born in Oxford and was very nearly called Robert. I enjoyed school, especially any classes that involved writing and that did not involve wearing shorts. I once sniggered my way through an entire assignment about the Cerne Abbas giant. At age thirteen I started listening to metal. I was lightly teased for wearing tight jeans and an Anthrax or Slayer T shirt. This didn’t bother me, I felt safe from the Bros dross culture other teenagers at the time were so keen on. 

My religion is heavy metal. My favourite biscuit is the chocolate shortcake ring. The best gigs I've  ever been to were Suicidal Tendencies, Manowar, Dedlok and Bolt-Thrower. I don't want the  responsibility of having a pet but if I did I'd have a ginger rabbit called Ronnie (after Ronnie James Dio). 

I studied Psychology at the University of Reading but missed my graduation ceremony because it clashed with seeing Black Sabbath. I went on to graduate with a Masters in Health Psychology from Coventry University. Luckily this didn’t clash with anything and my Mum got a nice day out. During the day I do cancer research, squirting things at other things in a science type way. 

I've written my first novel -Eviscerated Panda - A Metal Tale (available from Amazon) and am half way through the second book in the series (there will be three or four books following the fortunes of my fictional thrash metal band). I find it hugely enjoyable to write and hope to create heavymetalworld, much like Terry Pratchett created Discworld.