Paul Peter Corcoran was born in Johnstone, Renfrewshire, Scotland in 1967.  He joined the British Army in 1985 at the grand old age of seventeen and a half. After completing his initial training he joined the British Army's elite parachute force, 5 Airborne Brigade, spending four years there until moving on to various intelligence and signals units for the remainder of his twenty plus service.

During his career he deployed on many operations around the world including: Africa, the Balkans, Central America, Northern Ireland, the Middle East and South East Asia.

Having been a fan of science fiction since his school days, his reading tastes have developed to include all things military, past, future and alternate history.

He began writing his own stories in 2013 and self published his first science fiction novel DISCOVERY OF THE SAIPH in 2014. Which became a #1 Best Seller in Amazon UK.