Duncan Shelley (Budapest, Hungary, November 4th, 1969) author, writing instructor, blogger. He began to write at age ten and wrote tens of thousands of pages to fill the trash bin. He was 29 years old when his first novel was published (Murderers of the Mind). For sixteen years he was an active athlete (target shooting, boxing, fencing, etc). He studied several Western and Eastern religions, philosophical trends, and occult schools in depth. While conducting research for his books he became acquainted with various experts, who assisted his handiwork (hunters, doctors, surgeons, microbiologists, Spetsnaz commandos, SWAT officers, marksmen, knife experts, survivalists, etc).