Simon Berry is a recovering lawyer and graduate of City University's MFA programme. He lives in Hong Kong with his wife and daughters. His debut novel A Wasting Asset is about a banker whose life takes several unexpected (and unwelcome) twists. A Debt to Pay, A Road to Follow and a Mistake to Compound are the first three books in the four volume high fantasy series Daughter of the Winds. The final book in the series, A Life to Give, will be published in 2026.