Andy McDermott

Andy McDermott is a British thriller writer, best known for the Nina Wilde and Eddie Chase series, which begins with The Hunt for Atlantis (2007) and follows an archaeologist and her former SAS husband through globe-trotting adventures.

He is also the author of the spy novels The Persona Protocol (published in the US as The Shadow Protocol) and the Alex Reeve series, which opens with Operative 66.

Born in Halifax, West Yorkshire, he studied at Keele University and worked as a magazine editor, film critic and journalist, and wrote for the comic 2000 AD, before becoming a full-time novelist. His books have been published in more than 30 countries. He lives in Bournemouth.