Born in Africa, Graham Spence was a journalist for more than 20 years reporting on the turbulent apartheid era.

He now lives in Berkshire, England with his wife and two sons and is a full time writer. His previous three non-fiction books, The Elephant Whisperer, Babylon's Ark and The Last Rhino, written with his brother-in-law Lawrence Anthony, are all best sellers. Lawrence Anthony, who died on 2012, was known as the 'Indiana Jones of conservation'.

Spence has written one other novel, The Apocalypse Chase, a thriller about fishing in the world's most dangerous places.