Robin Vicary went on a short story course at the City University in 2017 taught by Katy Darby, and left determined to write a novel. He has written: • ‘The Pendant Sapphire’ (2018) - a historical novel set in the late 19th century in London, Paris and St. Petersburg and featuring the theft of a Faberge Egg. • ‘A Dangerous Affair’ (2019) – a collection of short stories. • ‘An Adoration of Beauty’ (2021) – a historical novel based on the travels of a painting of the Adoration of the Magi, from its creation by Sandro Botticelli in the fifteenth century in Florence. It journeys through 18th-century Rome, with David Livingstone across southern Africa in the 19th century, ending in London and Florence in the 20th century. • ‘How the Light Shines’ (2022) – a novel of diamonds, romance and espionage set in 1930s South Africa and England, published by The Conrad Press. Robin lives with his family in North London, where he was previously a gastroenterologist.