Sergeant ?Chris Ryan? MM is the pseudonym of a former British Special Forces operative and soldier turned novelist Colin Armstrong. Ryan came to public prominence for being the only member of the eight-man SAS mission Bravo Two Zero to escape, during the First Gulf War, 1991. He has subsequently written many books covering both fiction and non-fiction. Chris Ryan also publishes a very successful Extreme series which was first serialised in e-book form. This includes Hard Target, Night Strike and Most Wanted, which will be published in December. His other books include The One That Got Away, One Good Turn, The Kill Zone, Killing for the Company and Osama, which will be published in September 2012 by Coronet. 

January 1st, 1961 in Rowlands Gill (Age 63)