Shadow of the Eighth

Justin Hill was born in Freeport, Grand Bahama Island in 1971, and he grew up in Yorkshire, England. He was educated at St Peter's School, an independent school in York. As a member of St Cuthbert's Society, Durham University, he studied English Language and Medieval Literature. After graduating in 1993, he joined the British Army and served as an infantry officer in the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers. He saw active service in Northern Ireland, Bosnia, Kosovo, and Iraq. He left the army in 2001 to write full-time. His first novel, The Poppy Field, was published in 2004.