Iain Benson

I'm a a fifty-something computer programmer from Manchester (UK). I write mainly thrillers, dashing in sprinklings of science-fiction, psychology and humour. Although I've written novels and shorts since childhood, I only got into indie publishing on turning forty, when the other choices for a mid-life crisis looked too expensive (I wish I'd got a sports car now, it would have been cheaper). Successes in short stories almost translated into becoming a traditionally published novelist until one publisher took over another and dashed my dreams). Instead, I moved into indie publishing with the well-regarded "Fakebook.con". I refuse to admit how much research I did in writing it. Nineteen books later, I show no sign of slowing. Unable to stick to one genre, indie publishing has let me spread my wings and choose the right genre for the story I need to tell.