Wilson Toney was born in 1952 and read his first mystery in 1962. He was instantly hooked. He worked as an engineer/ analyst for most of his career and has written two technical books (Life Cycle Costing and Learning Curves). In 2017 he retired and began writing crime fiction featuring the characters Bug and Roche. Toney has travelled all over the US and around a large part of the world but has lived most of his life in Hartselle, Alabama.