LJ Langdale is a British author from Swindon, UK, who writes character-driven stories with a preference for the flawed, the complicated, and the diverse — people who feel real precisely because they don't feel easy.

He lives with his partner, H, their two boys, and their dog, Wilson, who is indeed named after the volleyball from Cast Away.

When he isn't writing, he co-hosts the Indie Dependent Podcast alongside Amara Wynn, where the two of them talk honestly about the pitfalls, indignities, and occasional triumphs of life as an independent author.

He is an incurable optimist, forever waiting for England to bring football home, and an unapologetic Marvel nerd whose dream is to one day write a storyline for Frank Castle — better known as the Punisher.