Educated at Glastonbury, Stonehenge and various schools of thought in Squatsville, east London, SB Sweeney became a committed member of the structurally unemployed throughout the 80s - specialising in three chord trash rock, all-night philosophy and breakfast appreciation. He toured the UK with musicians and artists, promoting political activism in the 90s and worked on various community media projects in the noughties. Currently living in the cold heart of England. He is assembling a trilogy of novels under the working title of The Last Days of Albion, of which Facing the Strange is the first part.