Peter Flint is a retired solicitor who lives in Shropshire. He is married and has three daughters and four grandchildren. After being taken to an aquarium, one of his grandsons - Harrison aged five - became interested in fish. Peter still has a whale's toothgiven to him as a boy many years ago whilst living on the island of Madeira. This was the inspiration for a short story written for Harrison - " Walter's Bad Tooth ". Further stories followed, which make up " The Reef Beneath The Waves ", the author's first book.