Neil Rowland was born in Luton, Bedfordshire, England. Neil began his writing career as a teenage music critic for Melody Maker, Blitz and other publications. Recently he wrote fiction reviews and articles for Time Out, London, as well as being a newspaper contributor. He gained a BA Hons at Newcastle and an MA in Literature (Commonwealth writers) from the University of Leeds. In the past he has worked in a variety of customer services jobs, including in a bank and at an airport. For almost nine years he has been employed by Luton Culture. He has organised many literary events and festivals, both for libraries and with the Arts Council. He enjoys a life-long passion for fiction and discovering exciting writers, new or past. He is married and has a daughter.
