Paul E Hardisty has worked all over the world as an environmental scientist and writer. His work has taken him to some of the world's most dangerous places, including Yemen, Ethiopia, and most recently Ukraine in 2022, 2024, and 2025 working on a new book about the war. The Abrupt Physics of Dying, the first novel in his Claymore Straker thriller series was shortlisted for the CWA Creasy dagger award and was one of the London Telegraph's 2015 crime books of the year. The Forcing, first book in his climate thriller series, was shortlisted for the Crime Fiction Lovers' Awards for 2023, and In Hot Water: Inside the Battle to Save the Great Barrier Reef, was shortlisted for the 2025 WA Premier's Award for non-fiction. Paul lives in Western Australia and is a keen outdoorsman and martial artist.