14 Facts About Stephen Leather

Stephen Leather has written for television shows such as London's Burning, The Knock, and the BBC's Murder in Mind series.

Stephen Leather is one of the top selling Amazon Kindle authors, the second bestselling UK author worldwide on Kindle in 2011.

Stephen Leather attended Bath University, where he obtained a BSc in Biochemistry in 1980.

Stephen Leather began his writing career as a journalist, working for newspapers such the Glasgow Herald, Daily Mirror, The Times, Daily Mail, and the South China Morning Post in Hong Kong.

Stephen Leather began writing when he was in college; however, he "never managed to get beyond a few pages," and did not begin writing full-time until he had worked as a journalist for more than ten years.

The book is set in Scotland, where Stephen Leather worked for five years on The Glasgow Herald as a business writer.

Stephen Leather wrote his fourth novel, The Chinaman, while working as night news editor on the business desk of The Times in London.

Stephen Leather has written screenplays for London's Burning, The Knock, and the BBC's Murder in Mind series.

Stephen Leather became successful in the Amazon Kindle market in 2010.

Stephen Leather then marketed the books on various forums online.

That same year, Stephen Leather was the second bestselling UK author on the Kindle worldwide, beaten only by Lee Child.

On 5 August 2012, journalist Nick Cohen wrote in The Observer that Stephen Leather had created phony Twitter accounts in the name of another writer, and used those accounts to praise Stephen Leather's own books.

Stephen Leather's comment was widely reported, and, on 3 September 2012, forty nine other British authors issued a group statement in which they "unreservedly condemn" the use of sockpuppets, or paid reviews.

Jeremy Duns and Steve Mosby have alleged that Stephen Leather has harassed them online.