Chris Nickson is the author of the Richard Nottingham series, which includes Come the Fear. A well-known music journalist, he's written many celebrity biographies as well as contributed frequently to numerous music magazines.

."..an affable lead and a convincing depiction of late-medieval England make this a satisfying comfort read." --"Publishers Weekly ""Nickson paints precise pictures with words, vividly setting the post-plague backdrop...He makes us feel as though we are living in what seems like a fourteenth-century version of dystopia, giving this remarkable novel a powerful immediacy." --"Booklist " ..".an affable lead and a convincing depiction of late-medieval England make this a satisfying comfort read." --"Publishers Weekly " "Nickson paints precise pictures with words, vividly setting the post-plague backdrop...He makes us feel as though we are living in what seems like a fourteenth-century version of dystopia, giving this remarkable novel a powerful immediacy." --"Booklist " -Nickson paints precise pictures with words, vividly setting the post-plague backdrop...He makes us feel as though we are living in what seems like a fourteenth-century version of dystopia, giving this remarkable novel a powerful immediacy.- --Booklist -...an affable lead and a convincing depiction of late-medieval England make this a satisfying comfort read.- --Publishers Weekly