Robert PorterRobert Porter grew up in London, but Cornwall has been part of his life since childhood, through family holidays spent exploring its seaside towns and villages. The contrast between the constant movement of London and the quieter rhythms of the Cornih coast has remained a lasting influence on his writing.Robert works as a railway manager, in a world where millions of people travel through the network every week. Years spent observing people, their habits, conversations and the small details of everyday life have helped shape his interest in character-driven stories.His fiction crosses genres, from dark fantasy and post-apocalyptic horror to crime and mystery. In Returned, Robert draws on his affection for Cornwall to create the fictional town of Penraven and introduces widowed librarian Jan Vale-a sharp, sarcastic and quietly observant woman who has learned that people, like books, rarely reveal everything on the cover Read More Read Less