Here are some facts about Greg Buchanan:
He likes writing and reading and talking about stories
He wrote the bestselling dark thriller novels SIXTEEN HORSES and CONSUMED, starring veterinary surgeon-turned-detective: Dr. Cooper Allen
His stories about Cooper have been translated across the world. A television series is currently in development with Gaumont, the studio behind Hannibal and Narcos
His third, fourth, and fifth novels are at various stages of completion
Entirely unrelated to the previous point, he is medicated for combined-type ADHD
He answers questions about ‘what happened’ in a particular element of his stories by asking the questioner what they think happened. This is almost always correct
He is afraid of eating oranges, he does not know why. Apples are OK
He is a former bookseller (the store was eventually turned into the set of a television show about the sale of mobile phones)
He used to work on a farm during lambing and summer time (one pet orphan lamb imprinted upon him and followed him around daily, nicknamed Drogo for the prodigious strength he wielded against the other poor pet lambs who wanted to hang out)
His favourite colour alternates between red and blue. It used to just be blue. He is not sure if this means he has somehow declined in a moral sense.
He is a British and Irish citizen, raised in England by Scottish and Irish parents
He lives in Scotland, formerly in the Borders and now in the midbelt
He is married to a veterinary surgeon and steals her jokes
He has two cats named Bucket and Table, who are very good boys
He is a volunteer behaviourist with the charity Cat’s Protection, helping rehabilitate and socialise local shelter cats while they wait for adoption. He puts videos of these cats in his newsletter
He is a known enthusiastic talker
His hobbies include card games, painting, theatre, and creating furniture
He also writes for video games (including BAFTA-winning projects such as NO MAN’S SKY); tabletop roleplaying projects in the style of Dungeons & Dragons (DARK SOULS); and provides resources and teaching workshops for those writing interactive titles
He is a former academic, having studied English and then American Literature at the University of Cambridge; his PhD in identification and ethics at King’s College London; his MA in Prose Fiction Creative Writing at UEA; and writing on the work of experimental novelists such as B.S. Johnson with the same publisher who would one day release Sixteen Horses (Macmillan)
He likes going to Disneyland, much like the previous heir to North Korea
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