My agent, Kevin Conroy Scott.

Sorry, ladies: he’s married.



Me at my agent’s party in London,
holding a bottle of tasty ale.



Working the ol’ cockney magic.

“Alright girls?”



Best mate, Neil.



Ex-girlfriend-but-one Viviana.

Still speaks to me.



Mr & Mrs Robot. Still in love, after three years of domestic robot bliss.



My Faber editor Lee, left, with author Richard T Kelly.



My children’s editor at Quercus, Roisin, in a restaurant thinking about books.








B&W photo by Rankin