Eoin Miller 01 - Faithless Street (6 page)

Jay Stringer was born in Walsall, West Midlands,
in 1980. He would like everyone to know he's not dead yet. He's worked as a zoo
keeper, a bookseller, a video editor and a call centre lackey.

His work is a mixture of crime, mystery and
social fiction, and Jay coined the term "social pulp" to describe the
mix. He likes to write about the difference between the 'haves' and the 'have
nots,' and to show that violence and crime are sharp and brutal acts that are
done for a reason, and by those who have reason to do them.

His first novel, Old Gold, is due from Thomas &
Mercer in July 2012, and he blogs every Thursday at DoSomeDamage.Com. You can
also catch him at Twitter under his own name.