I am a retired museum professional, formerly the Registrar of the Royal Armouries, who I worked for for 26 years. After retiring I completed a PhD, which is published as 'Destructive and Formidable'. After writing 'So Bloody a Day', I turned my hand to writing fiction, 'To the Douro' being the first of 8 planned books making up the 'Wellington's Dragoon Series' and telling the story of a cavalry officer, Michael Roberts, during the Peninsular War against Napoleon. Book 4, 'A Different Kind Of War', has just been published and work has begun of book 5.

I started reenacting in 1973, and a lot of my reenacting experience has been as a cavalryman, most recently with B Troop of the 16th Light Dragoons, the regiment that features in the 'Wellington's Dragoon Series'. In 2015 I took part in the 200th anniversary reenactment of Waterloo, in command of the British Light Dragoons.

I ride regularly, and Johnny, Michael's horse, is a real horse that I frequently ride.