Sharp Shot

Jack Higgins lives on Jersey in the Channel Islands. The author of dozens of bestsellers, most famously The Eagle Has Landed, he served three years with the Royal Horse Guards in Eastern Europe during the Cold War, and subsequently was a circus roustabout, a factory worker, a truck driver, and a laborer before entering college at age 27. He holds degrees in sociology, social psychology, and economics, and a doctorate in media. A fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, he is an expert scuba diver and marksman.

Justin Richards is the Creative Consultant for the BBC’s range of Doctor Who books, and has written numerous science-fiction and fantasy novels, including several of the Doctor Who tie-ins. He also writes for stage, screen, and audio, and has cowritten several action thrillers for older children with thriller writer Jack Higgins. Married with two children (both boys), Justin lives and works in Warwick, within sight of one of Britain’s best-preserved castles.