Adrian lives in the UK with his wife and children.
Born in Yorkshire, he's spent time living in Essex, Oxford, Leicestershire and York. At 18 he joined the British army and spent 6 years as a soldier in the infantry. His service included several tours of Northern Ireland, Kenya, Belgium, Norway and an operation with the special forces in Sierra Lione.
His love of fantasy began with reading Tolkien, Terry Brookes, Terry Pratchett and Stephen King - continuing on to The Wheel of Time, Robin Hobb, J.K Rowling, Brandon Sanderson, Joe Abercrombie and many others.