Boris Starling

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Boris Starling is a British novelist. He was born in 1969 and educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge.

He worked first as a journalist and then for a firm which assessed the risks to companies of terrorism and political upheaval.

In 1996, he appeared on the BBC quiz show Mastermind, where he reached the semi-finals. His specialist topics were 'Herge and the Books of Tintin', and 'The Life and Novels of Dick Francis', who came to watch the filming.

His first book, the serial-killer thriller Messiah, was published in 1999. It was subsequently adapted for television by the BBC, with Starling taking a cameo role as a murder victim's corpse. There have been three television sequels.

His other books include Storm (which won the W. H. Smith 'Thumping Good Read' Award in 2000), Vodka and Visibility. He lives in London with his girlfriend, a television producer, and their daughter.