Blotto, Twinks and the Rodents of the Riviera
Born in 1945, Simon  Brett was educated at Dulwich College and Wadham College, Oxford, where he gained a First Class Honours degree in English.  A great many of his published works are crime novels, including the Charles Paris, Mrs Pargeter and Feathering series.   Simon was chairman of the Crime Writers Association from 1986-7 and of the Society of Authors from 1995-7.  He lives near Arundel in West  Sussex and is married with three grownup children, one grandson, one granddaughter, and four cats.