Richard Asplin

Richard Asplin is an English novelist working in the crime and comic novel genres.
His first novel; T-Shirt and Genes was published by Arrow Books, an imprint of Random House in 2001. A romantic comedy addressing the perils of applying evolutionary psychology to modern relationships. It was praised by Tony Parsons as being “the funniest debut novel since The Rachel Papers”. T-Shirt and Genes was followed by Gagged in 2004 which is also published by Arrow Books.
In 2009 Asplin's third novel, Conman, was published by UK independent crime specialist No [Exit Press]. The book was shortlisted for the 2010 Gold Dagger award by the Crime Writers' Association.
As well as writing, Asplin has performed as a musician, stand-up comedian and worked in marketing. He is married and lives in London.