Simon Toyne was born in the North East of England in 1968.
After nearly twenty years working in commercial television he quit his job and took seven months off to write a novel. It took two and a half years to finish it. Fortunately SANCTUS got picked up by an agent and then by lots of publishers all over the world. He has no idea what would have happened if it hadn't. He is now regularly compared, both favourably and unfavourably, to Dan Brown, even though he does not possess a tweed jacket.
You can find out more at www.simontoyne.net
