Phil Gilvin lives with his wife in Swindon, nestling in the rolling downland of Wiltshire, UK, amid neolithic barrows, ancient droveways and stone circles. When his children grew too old to have stories read to them he turned to writing, going to lots of workshops and winning a number of short story prizes. His short stories have regularly been shortlisted in magazine competitions and have featured in local anthologies. Truth Sister is his first published novel (his first two, unpublished, got consigned to the “that’s how you learn” pile). Phil is retired, having worked as a radiation scientist for over 35 years, and is now voluneering and nagging people about climate change. He enjoys walking in aforesaid downland as well as listening to classical music and prog rock, and murdering folk songs.