Biography of thriller writer Ian Coates

Author Ian Coates graduated with honours in engineering. He worked in the high-tech electronics industry for over twenty-five years, where he specialised in the design of radio communication equipment. His intimate knowledge of that environment always triggered his imagination to think about the mysterious world of international spies. 

A lifelong love of books led him into writing, but it was being named one of the winners in the Writers’ & Artists’ Yearbook centenary novel writing competition that spurred him on to complete his thriller, Eavesdrop.
The novel was written largely on planes and in airport lounges as well as in snatched moments before starting work each morning. Eavesdrop was first published in 2015 by Bad Day Books, an imprint of Assent Publishing. Audible subsequently bought the rights for an audio version, which will be available in late 2018.

Ian lives and writes in Worcestershire, England, with his wife and daughters. He is a member of the Society of Authors and of the International Thriller Writers Association. A proportion of all thriller sales goes to the British Science Association charity.