Dave Hutchinson was born in Sheffield in 1960. After reading American Studies at the University of Nottingham, he moved into journalism. He is the author of five collections of short stories, most recently As the Crow Flies (Bewrite, 2004), the novels The Villages (Cosmos Books, 2001) and Europe in Autumn (Solaris, 2014), and the novella The Push (NewCon Press, 2009). Both The Push and Europe in Autumn have been shortlisted for BSFA awards. His next novel, Community, which is a spin-off from Europe in Autumn though not a direct sequel, is due from Solaris in 2016. Dave currently lives in London.