Tom Callaghan was born in the North of England and educated at the University of York and Vassar College, New York. A creative group head at Saatchi & Saatchi for many years, he has worked in London, New York, Singapore and Dubai. He attended the 2011 Emirates LitFest Crime Workshop given by Mark Billingham: the result is [i]A Killing Winter[/i], the first novel in a series featuring Kyrgyz Murder Squad Inspector Akyl Borubaev, published worldwide in English by Quercus. Publishing director Stef Bierwerth said of it: “Right from the very beginning, [i]A Killing Winter[/i] hits you like a steam train. It’s an incredibly polished debut thriller which convinces through its originality and timeliness.” An inveterate traveller, Tom divides his time between Bishkek, Dubai, London and Prague. http://www.tomcallaghanwriter.com