Tim Willocks

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Tim Willocks is a British doctor and novelist. An experienced psychiatrist, Willocks has worked for some years on the rehabilitation of the sufferers of drug addiction. He is noted for the portrayal of himself (or elements of himself) within his novels, usually featuring a central character with extensive medical knowledge (especially of drugs) and martial arts ability (Willocks being a black belt in Shotokan karate).

Willocks is rumoured to have had a brief relationship with pop star Madonna. Willocks also is an avid poker fan.

Willocks' 1991 novel Bad City Blues was adapted for the screen in 1999 in a movie starring Dennis Hopper. Willocks also wrote the Steven Spielberg documentary The Unfinished Journey.

His most recent novel called The Religion, set in 1565 during the Grand Siege of Malta in 1565, is a start of a projected trilogy. It centers around the adventures of Mattias Tannhauser, a Saxon-born, whose family is killed and is trained and becomes a janissary in the the army of the Ottoman Empire. After years of service, he is repulsed by the ferocious life he lives and he becomes an arms and opium merchant. He is forced to return back from retirement to help the Order of the Hospitaliers against the army of Suleiman the Magnificent and help one young French countess find her long lost son.