RICHARD GODWIN is a writer and professor of English and American literature. He has lectured and given creative writing courses at various universities in the UK and the USA (University of London, University of Vermont, Harvard University, Liverpool Hope University, Kingston College). He is the critically acclaimed author of some 15 books of crime fiction, such as Locked in Cages (2016), Noir City (2014), One Lost Summer (2013), Mr. Glamour (2012), and Apostle Rising (2011). The latter was published in Hungarian by Alexandra Publishing under the title A romlás labirintusa in 2013.