CHRIS WILLIAMS is a writer and conference interpreter (French, Spanish, German, Italian) who has lived in Mexico, Spain, Italy, Belgium and Germany, and now lives in Hove in southern England. He has been shortlisted for the Bridport Prize twice, and longlisted for competitions including Brick Lane and the Alpine Fellowship. He is currently working on a novel based on his experience as a gay, autistic, music-obsessed teenager growing up on the Isle of Wight in the 1980s.