Drew Gummerson was born in 1971 and lives in Leicester, England. In 2002 his first novel The Lodger was published. It was a finalist in the Lambda Awards in the States. Drew’s next novel Darts was a finalist in the UKA/PABD Great Read Novel Competition. Drew’s short fiction has been published in various story collections and websites. His story ‘Teeth’ won the 2005 Leicestershire Short Story competition. Drew’s latest novel, Me and Mickie James is to be published by Jonathan Cape in July 2008.