Beginning his TV career with the BBC's DOCTOR WHO, Stephen Gallagher went on to establish himself as a writer and director of high-end miniseries and primetime episodic television. In his native England he's adapted and created hour-long and feature-length thrillers and crime dramas. In the US he was lead writer on NBC's CRUSOE, creator of CBS Television's ELEVENTH HOUR, and Co-Executive Producer on ABC's THE FORGOTTEN. His fifteen novels include DOWN RIVER, RAIN, and VALLEY OF LIGHTS. He's the creator of Sebastian Becker, Special Investigator to the Lord Chancellor's Visitor in Lunacy, in a series of novels that includes THE KINGDOM OF BONES, THE BEDLAM DETECTIVE, and THE AUTHENTIC WILLIAM JAMES. Recent screen credits include an award-winning SILENT WITNESS and STAN LEE'S LUCKY MAN.