Christopher Ride was born in Canberra, Australia, in 1965. He self-published his first novel, THE SCHUMANN FREQUENCY, in 2007 and was thereafter signed by Random House Australia to a multiple-book deal for his Overseer Series. His novels are now also being published internationally. A keen mountain climber and licensed pilot, Christopher now resides in Melbourne. He has published two novels - THE SCHUMANN FREQUENCY and THE FIRST BOXER, and his third, THE INCA CURSE, comes out in August 2012. Christopher is also managing director of Interactive, an IT service provider, and recently won the prestigious Southern Region Ernst and Young ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR FOR TECHNOLOGY award.