Кристофер Дж. Йейтс Christopher J. Yates Bio Christopher J. Yates was born in London, but brought up mostly in Kent. He studied Law at Wadham College, Oxford, and then vacillated between the idea of a career in the law, and working in puzzle magazines. After coming down on the side of the latter, he finally realised what he really wanted to do. Write. He decided, he would give himself until his fortieth birthday to attempt to achieve this dream. And then, just one day before turning forty, he found out, that he was in fact going to become a published author. In Russia. (But that’s another story.) Black Chalk is his first novel. He now lives in New York City with his wife, Margi. And also his furiously hungry dog, Mabel. Likes: cricket, cryptic crosswords, cooking Dislikes: anything that doesn’t begin with the letter ‘C’