Jake Arnott was born in 1961 and lives in London. He is the author of The Long Firm, published by Sceptre in 1999 and subsequently made into an acclaimed, BAFTA-winning BBC TV series. His second novel, He Kills Coppers, was also made into a series by Channel 4. He has since published the novels Truecrime, Johnny Come Home, The Devil’s Paintbrush, The House of Rumour and, most recently, The Fatal Tree (2017). In 2005, Arnott was ranked one of Britain's 100 most influential LGBT people. Twitter/X: @JakeArnott; Instagram: @jakearnottauthor