Dr. Graham L Patrick (GLP) is from Greenock, Scotland and was educated at Greenock Academy. He studied at Glasgow University and the Open University, gaining a BSc Honours in Chemistry and a BA Honours in History. At Glasgow University, he won the Organon and Mackay Smith Prizes for chemistry, and a Carnegie Scholarship that funded research leading to a PhD in organic chemistry. He continued working in research with pharmaceutical companies and academic institutions such as Beecham's, Glaxo, the Australian National University, and the Universities of Leeds and Strathclyde before taking up a lecturing position at the University of West of Scotland. He is currently an Associate Lecturer with the Open University (OU).Since the 1990s, GLP has established an international reputation as a scientific author, having written successful academic textbooks covering organic chemistry and medicinal chemistry. However, he has also written several fictional novels focusing on young people placed in adventurous and challenging situations. GLP is well qualified to write about such topics as he has extensive experience of outdoor pursuits involving mountaineering, sea kayaking, caving, skiing, hiking, and remote camping. He has also gained leadership awards in skiing and mountaineering and led groups of teenagers on adventurous activities within Britain, and to Australia, Canada, USA, South Africa, Kenya and Tanzania. Other experience includes personal expeditions to Morocco, Nepal, France, Switzerland and New Zealand.GLPs novels were originally written as a hobby but are now being published to a wider audience. The storylines will appeal to anyone interested in adventure, challenge, and survival, but they will also appeal to readers that value 'old-fashioned' virtues, such as friendship, respect, loyalty, honour, duty, and trust. GLP currently lives in Greenock and has a spectacular view of the River Clyde and the Scottish Highlands - a view that provides ample inspiration for his writing. He is a Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry and the Society of Authors.