Oliver Johnson was born in Paris and pursued a career in academia before going into bookselling and then publishing. He has been a commissioning editor for many years, working principally at Penguin Random House and now Hachette and has edited many bestselling and prize-winning authors. He is the author of various gamebook and roleplaying series and a fantasy trilogy. He splits his time between London and a small hamlet in the Sussex countryside with his wife and two cats.
