Michael Milton spent the first 25 years of his life pretending to be other people. After switching drama school for university, he lived and worked in East Asia for several years before returning home to complete an MA in Creative Writing. His stories have been long and shortlisted for the Fish Prize, the Bath Short Story Award, the Mogford Prize and the Emerge Impact Creative Writing Prize. Kissing Daisy Parker is his first novel, and yes, he can beat you at Street Fighter.