TIM I. GURUNG

He joined the British Gurkhas at 17 as his grandfathers and uncles did before him. He realized he wasn’t cut out for the regimented life within the next five years, though. However, he somehow carried on for the next 13 years and eventually retired in 1993 as an Army Corporal. Then, he found a job in an international firm inspecting furniture in newly-opening-up China and worked there for the next seven years before starting his own business. He worked as a businessman for the next 15 years while raising his young family at the same time. Before his 50th birthday, he made a life-changing decision and became a fulltime writer in 2015. Since then, he learned the trade from scratch, published twelve novels, and the Gurkha book his 15th book.