A Briton by birth, Alastair Millar studied architecture before changing track and graduating from the Institute of Archaeology at University College London. He has worked variously as a shelf filler at a major international airport, a field archaeologist, a business development manager in the environment sector, and a wholesale purchasing manager for consumer electronics; his odder experiences include representing a country not his own at United Nations Development Program meetings, running a stag night in Bangkok, and digging up camel skeletons in Hungary. After working and living in the former Czechoslovakia and Czech Republic since 1991, Alastair was finally able to become a dual national in 2016. Happily married with two children old enough to be pursuing careers of their own, he now makes his home north of Prague, working as a specialist translator/proofreader and writing flash (mainly science) fiction. He also enjoys good books, bad puns, coffee and travelling.