During the Cold War, Scottish author John Fullerton was, for a time, a ‘contract labourer’ for the UK’s Secret Intelligence Service, in the role of head agent on the Afghan-Pakistan frontier, an experience which formed the basis of the first Brodick novel, Spy Game.

 

The events and characters of the second, Spy Dragon, were informed by his time as Reuters bureau chief in Beirut during part of the Lebanon civil war, while the last, Spy Trap, was based on his years in east Asia.

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All told, he’s lived or worked in 40 countries as a journalist and covered a dozen wars. For 20 years Fullerton was employed by Reuters as a correspondent and editor with postings in Hong Kong, Delhi, Beirut, Nicosia, Cairo and London.

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