Born in 1962 Andrew Henderson was brought up in Dundee, then Kirriemuir, Scotland – where he became known as Jan due to a severe spelling mistake.

He studied journalism at Napier University before gaining an M.A. in English and Philosophy from Edinburgh University in 1987. He then got a job as a dishwasher.  On holiday in the USA, he threw away his return ticket and spent the next seven years in the states - taking vacations in Scotland instead. 

A dazzling series of career moves followed - including financial consultant, pen engraver, factory worker, hospital domestic, graphic artist, cocktail barman, rubber stamp designer, script reader, call centre worker, pepper salesman, muralist, Easter bunny, balloon decorator, actor/writer/director at a children’s theatre in New York State, French waiter (complete with fake accent) in New York City and van driver in Colorado’s Rocky Mountains (despite never having sat behind a wheel before).  He eventually ended up in a pornography store in Texas. (working, not starring).  During this time he wrote and performed several plays which met with decreasing financial and critical success.

Returning to Edinburgh in 1999, he founded (and still runs) a ghost tour company called Black Hart Entertainment – which requires him to wear black almost continuously.  Black Hart runs the legendary City of the Dead Tour which investigates the infamous MacKenzie Poltergiest – now the best documented paranormal case of all time.  For more info see www.blackhart.uk.com

He also began writing books which, fortunately, did much better than his plays.  Beginning with non fiction he then moved to children’s novels when his son, Charlie, was born.

As a child, Jan had four ambitions.  Rock star, artist, writer and marine biologist.   Learning right handed guitar when he was actually left handed put paid to one career and not being able to swim scuppered another.   He does sell the occasional painting, however, and considers achieving two out of four goals to be pretty fortunate.   

Bunker 10 marks a departure in his writing, as the first of three unrelated but exceedingly dark and twisted teenage novels.  He is now on his way to realising his new ambition - to become the Johnny Cash of children’s literature.