Born in Edinburgh in 1941, George Rosie has had a prolific media career. He has worked as a television reporter, producer and writer for Channel Four, ITV and STV and has worked as a journalist for a number of newspapers, including The Sunday Times, The Herald, Sunday Herald, The Guardian, The Scotsman, The Independent and was the founding editor of Observer Scotland. His documentary After Lockerbie won a BAFTA in 1998. Rosie is also the author of numerous stage and radio plays and of seventeen other books. He is married with three children and lives in Edinburgh.