Author: Gareth Brown
Bio: Bio from *The Book of Doors*:
Born in Falkirk, Gareth Brown has been writing in his spare time since he was a teenager. For the last two decades he has worked in the UK Civil Service and is currently Director  of Screening for NHS Scotland. An inveterate traveller, he particularly relishes the experience of arriving somewhere new - those first few hours of culture shock, noise and bustle in an unfamiliar city - a passion that influence the writing of his first novel, the international bestseller *The Book of Doors*.
Gareth lives with his wife and two Skyle terriers near Edinburgh.