Chris Brown

Chris Brown was born and raised in Henbury, one of Bristol’s tough council estates on the northern edge of the city. It’s a city he loves (and sometimes hates) that he has lived and worked in his whole life – it’s a background that runs through everything he writes.

He has been married to his wife Carole for over 40 years and they have two children and three grandchildren. He is now retired after a lifetime in the print industry, starting as an apprenticed hot metal typesetter in 1972.

A lifelong Bristol Rovers fan, Chris weaves The Gas and his love of music (in particular ska, reggae, soul, funk and punk) into the fabric of the Steve Allen trilogy just as much as the crime and the characters, giving the books an authenticity that only comes from writing about what you know. Dead Rabbit is the final book in the series following on from Guilty Tiger and Chicken City. The chief protagonist of all three books is Steve Allen, one-time hard man and football hooligan who is grappling with both the modern world and his own inner demons and phobias.

Chris has had two books published previously, the highly acclaimed cult-classic autobiography, Bovver and the subsequent updated version republished as Booted and Suited, which included new copy and photographs from his life growing up in Bristol in the 1970s.

Booted and Suited gained the following reviews:

‘Social history with steel toe caps’ – John King, Football factory.

‘A jaw-dropping account of the 70s’ – Bristol Evening Post.

‘An absolute must for anyone remotely interested in football, fashion or music. Brilliant!’ – Sunday People.