(photo (c) Kate Ward 2014 – All rights Reserved)

John Ward is the author of four published books: The Secret of the Alchemist (Studio 9, 2003); The Stone of Sorrow (Studio 9, 2004) City of Desolation (Studio 9, 2005) – these have been variously translated into French, Italian, Spanish, German, Greek, Turkish, Polish and Serbian;

and The Comet’s Child (Strident, 2008)

He studied philosophy and english at Edinburgh a long time ago.

He was for a time Treasurer of the Society of Authors in Scotland, an attainment he still regards with amazement.