Strang, Phillip: - "In his early twenties, Phillip Strang, with a degree in electronics engineering, left England for Australia. Now, fifty years later, he still resides in Australia, although many intervening years were spent in a myriad of countries, some calm and safe - others no more than war zones.The author of thirty-five books, most of them crime thrillers based in the United Kingdom. Recently, he has ventured into crime fiction based in Sydney, close to the harbour. He has also written several books on terrorism and one on a pandemic, which was frightening in its concept and reality."