P.B. North

PB North was born in Stockton-on-Tees, England. He studied at the University of Cambridge where he received an MA in English. He later went on to take a post graduate degree at Edinburgh University.

He has lived most of his life in Scotland, where he has worked in various roles as a government official, writing many thousands of words for public reports. He is currently based in East Lothian where he lives with his Norwegian wife, his cat and his rescue staffie/dachshund cross. When he is not writing, he tries to grow things, plays golf badly and goes out in his boat.

Girl in the Picture is his second novel, which draws on his time spent in the north of England, as well as exploring a period of British colonial rule in east Africa.

His first novel – Leaving Pimlico – was published earlier last year. It draws on the author's knowledge of Norway and Scandinavia in general, as well as basing itself in his home country of Durham and north Yorkshire.