Aaron Hewings is a writer with a passion for the historical thriller. The Dark Winter of War, his first novel, came from a lifelong interest in history, culture and people of the World War Two era and from an intense love of the thriller novel. Among his fictional influences are Le Carre, MacLean, Higgins and Furst, but he is also a voracious reader of history from many eras. He is a graduate of the University of Maryland where he studied Government and Politics and History. He resides in Tucson, Arizona and is writing his second novel.