Michael Callaghan is a lawyer living and working in Glasgow. He has often dabbled in writing fiction but only began to take it seriously in the past year. In that time he has, prior to this win, taken first place in the Chorley & District Writers National Competition and second in the Nottingham Writers Group National Competition. He was also shortlisted in WM’s annual Crime Short Story Competition and The Doris Gooderson Award. He is currently working on other short fiction and the draft of a novel.