AJ Liddle is the Scottish author of the Lieutenant Ramaz Donadze crime series, set in the Republic of Georgia.Alistair's debut novel, No Harm Done was shortlisted for the prestigious Bloody Scotland Debut prize in 2021. His second highly anticipated novel, No Way Back was published in December 2021.Alistair was born in Edinburgh in 1957. He should have gone to university to study Political History but, bored with academic education, he joined the merchant navy as a deck cadet. He stayed in the merchant navy for fifteen years, working on general cargo ships, bulk carriers, container ships and tankers, where he served as master (captain). When his daughter was born, Alistair left the merchant navy to manage an aircraft fuelling facility at Newcastle Airport. Subsequent work in the oil and gas industry took him to Shetland, Humberside, the North Sea, London and the Republic of Georgia.Alistair is married with two grown children and a granddaughter. His hobbies, when not writing, include playing guitar (badly), walking, cooking, and most recently, wild swimming in Scotland's beautiful lochs. After a lifetime of travel, Alistair has settled in Stirling, Scotland.