Fast-paced and refreshingly original, Fallen Star is an unforgettable journey that starts in the superficial universe of boy band culture before plunging headlong into a real world of sacrifice, heartbreak, and prejudice.' - Carrie Kabak, author of Cover the Butter.

Born in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, Ian Barker grew up in north-east England and gained a business degree from Teesside Polytechnic in the early '80s. In the 'real world' he is editor of a computer magazine and has spent over twenty five years working in information technology. He currently lives in Bolton, Greater Manchester and doesn't own a dishwasher.

Over the years Ian has produced lots of comic verse, for things like office Christmas cards, most of which is collected on his website In the mid '90s he made regular contributions to Martin Kelner for a late night show on BBC radio in northern England. Moving to the north-west in 1996, he continued to contribute items to Martin's Manchester based Jazz FM breakfast show; again some of this material is on his website. His first cash-in-the-bank publishing credit was a Laughter the Best Medicine gag for Reader's Digest in 1998. Since then he has gone on to write topical comedy sketches for BBC Radio's The News Huddlines, and has had short stories published in Evergreen magazine, and in the WritersNet Anthology. He has stories published online in the e-zines Starving Arts and Crime Scene Scotland plus a co-written story on Admit Two. In his day job he is editor of PC Utilities magazine and a regular contributor to sister publications.

Links Web www.iandavidbarker.co.uk Blog http://iandavidbarker.tumblr.com, Twitter www.twitter.com/IanB022