Robert Blain was born in Glasgow, Scotland and immigrated to Australia with his family, aged three. He grew up and was educated in Melbourne and has divided his adult life between Hong Kong and Australia, where he has worked for various international and trade magazines as an editor. He has written, and continues to write, works of fiction and plans to become a full-time novelist in the near future. When he isn’t writing, Robert can be found on the wonderful hiking trails around Hong Kong and Melbourne, playing music, or trying to coax the once-mighty Essendon football team back into premiership contention.