Charles Cumming was born in Scotland in 1971. He was educated at Eton and graduated from the University of Edinburgh in 1994 with First Class Honours in English Literature. The Observer has described him as "the best of the new generation of British spy writers who are taking over where John le Carré and Len Deighton left off". In the summer of 1995, Charles was approached for recruitment by the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6). A year later he moved to Montreal where he began working on a novel based on his experiences with MI6. A Spy By Nature was published in the UK in 2001. This is his fifth novel.

Praise for A SPY BY NATURE: 'Tautly written and believable ! a complex tale of code words, betrayal of friendship, bluff and counter-bluff !Cumming writes it like it is' Mail on Sunday 'From the first page to the last it has the ring of absolute authenticity. Tautly written, cleverly plotted!it reminded me strongly of the early books of John le Carre' Robert Harris, author of Fatherland and The Ghost 'A wholly compelling and sophisticated spy novel -- vivid and disturbing -- immaculately researched and full of harrowing contemporary relevance' William Boyd, author of Restless 'Terrific!vividly realised!as strong on emotional literacy as it is on spycraft' New Statesman Praise for A SPANISH GAME: 'A cracking good spy thriller! the serpentine twists and the unflaggingly realistic suspense leave you breathless, but spellbound' Daily Mail 'The Man who most successfully gets under the skin of Britain's intelligence agencies' The Times

Charles Cumming was born in Scotland in 1971. He was educated at Eton and graduated from the University of Edinburgh in 1994 with First Class Honours in English Literature. The Observer has described him as "the best of the new generation of British spy writers who are taking over where John le Carré and Len Deighton left off". In the summer of 1995, Charles was approached for recruitment by the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6). A year later he moved to Montreal where he began working on a novel based on his experiences with MI6. A Spy By Nature was published in the UK in 2001. This is his fifth novel.

Praise for A SPY BY NATURE: 'Tautly written and believable ! a complex tale of code words, betrayal of friendship, bluff and counter-bluff !Cumming writes it like it is' Mail on Sunday 'From the first page to the last it has the ring of absolute authenticity. Tautly written, cleverly plotted!it reminded me strongly of the early books of John le Carre' Robert Harris, author of Fatherland and The Ghost 'A wholly compelling and sophisticated spy novel -- vivid and disturbing -- immaculately researched and full of harrowing contemporary relevance' William Boyd, author of Restless 'Terrific!vividly realised!as strong on emotional literacy as it is on spycraft' New Statesman Praise for A SPANISH GAME: 'A cracking good spy thriller! the serpentine twists and the unflaggingly realistic suspense leave you breathless, but spellbound' Daily Mail 'The Man who most successfully gets under the skin of Britain's intelligence agencies' The Times