About the Author

Rick Maher was born in Bristol in 1957. His father was a merchant seaman, his grandfather a stevedore, and his uncle a Cunard steward, which may explain his lifelong fascination with ships. He graduated from Queens' College Cambridge in 1979, and has written plays for theatre and radio, as well as many scripts for television, including 'Relative Strangers', 'Thatcher: The Final Days', 'Pie In The Sky', 'Taggart', 'Rough Treatment', 'Lloyd & Hill', and 'Making Waves', a drama series set on a Royal Navy frigate. He is married to a criminal lawyer, has one daughter, and lives in London and Pembrokeshire.