Colin JacobsonLike the protagonist of The Death That Wasn't, Colin has been something of a Jack of all trades. He has been at different times a business owner, a farmer, investor, business publisher and entrepreneur. Of direct relevance to The Death That Wasn't, he has lived in dangerous situations, (sleeping many nights with a gun under his pillow); he has dipped a toe in the swirling waters of international currency and securities trading; he has been witness to the sinister workings of manipulation and power-playing; and he has travelled the world. In fact, the idea of The Death That Wasn't was hatched while he was bumping around in a four-wheel-drive over the sand dunes of the Namibian desert. A talented wood-sculptor, he has always enjoyed bringing creativity and lateral thinking to problem solving. He was aged 28 when he wrote his first unpublished novel, a topical political thriller set in Apartheid-era South Africa. So for him, fiction-writing is an absolutely logical channel for his wide-ranging creativity and imagination. He emigrated to Australia in 1987, and for the next 15 years he managed and wrote reviews for a business magazine that he started. He now lives on Sydney's North Shore, where he is working on his next novel, centred around a dysfunctional family. Read More Read Less