Canadian author Tomas Byrne is a native of Ontario, and received his education at McGill University, York University and the University of Oxford. For twenty years, he worked in London as a lawyer and banker. His novel, Skin in the Game, is a thriller that raises questions about today's controversial political and social issues. Byrne's writing has roots in his extensive study of philosophy, mythology and religion. He counts Joseph Conrad, Thomas Mann, John le Carré and Robert Ludlum among his literary influences.