Rob Derry is a HR Consultant living in Somerset, England. His debut Novel, The Waterman, is set in and around the Old London Bridge which spanned The Thames for almost 800 years. His second novel, The Burning, is set in the south of England during the Covid19 pandemic and follows the fortunes of the Mountford family as they decide to see out the lockdown in their haunted holiday home. His third novel released in July 2023 is The Brothers which tells the story of the early years of the movement to abolish the slave trade, and traces the journey of the slave ship The Brothers from its home port of Bristol on a troubled voyage.