Ru Pringle has written for a living since his late teens, beginning with regular features in magazines and newspapers. His critically acclaimed early short fiction was published in Interzone. After several years as a touring musician, he published his first two novels: A Time of Ashes and Hunting Gods, the first parts of the SF-tinged fantasy epic Fate and the Wheel. What started life as the screenplay for a short film written for actress Seylan Baxter (Host, Dr Who, J. Kurzel’s MacBeth) morphed into a full length novel, the dark near-future thriller, October Song. He followed that with the irreverent music-themed Sci-Fantasy dark comedy Surfers and 2-part epic space opera The Seed. He is in the final stages of editing his 8th book, a fast-paced SF thriller and unconventional love story, while renovating and living aboard a 34ft catamaran based in the West Highlands.