AM Sardar

Dr Asif M Sardar was born in the Punjab in Pakistan, emigrated to England as a small child and grew up in the Midlands in Birmingham.

He originally worked as a Medical Research Scientist before cross-training to work as an IT Consultant, initially with the British Ministry of Defence and then the Japanese IT company Fujitsu.

He enjoys reading a wide range of contemporary literature, is a keen student of cinema and his favorite director is Howard Hawks and favorite actor is Clint Eastwood.

His comic heroes are the Marx brothers, especially Groucho, the late Irish comic Spike Milligan, and Monty Python. In addition he is also an avid comic book reader and collector with a deep and trivial knowledge of the Marvel universe; he has referenced these influences and interests in his writings.

His first book "Colin Thorson Teenage Superhero" was published in April 2012 and he has continued to write books in a variety of genres, usually with a humorous flavour.