Louis Turfrey was born in Marston Green when it was a part of Solihull, near Birmingham, England. He now lives in Lichfield, where he manages to share his spare time between his wife,  son and daughter and his computer. More often than not his computer wins the battle. Louis has changed his job to work for Venture Portraits, the same successful nationwide photography franchise as Lightsabre colleague Mark Newbold. Consequently he has even less spare time than he had previously, due to the fact he now works for his brother. Louis’ previous jobs have included Systems Manager, Computer Hardware Engineer, Installations Engineer, Accountancy Ledger Supervisor, Computer Salesperson, Hotel Porter and Potato Delivery Person.

Louis’ interest in science fiction started with the black and white Saturday morning reruns of Flash Gordon. It was boosted by Doctor Who, Star Trek: Original Series and later by Star Wars. His favourite films of recent times have been A Bugs Life, The Phantom Menace, Toy Story and Blade. His favourite film of all time is Return of the Jedi - Special Edition.

He enjoys writing, when he has the time, and has most recently written many science fiction short stories and novels. He has had some work published, but doesn’t brag about it because they were in computer magazines and therefore doesn’t count.

Although he doesn’t write as much as he would like to, Louis would like to become a full time science fiction author, but doesn’t have the time or a contract. However, he remains hopeful that one day he will become the next Mike Stackpole or Harry Harrison. He has  co-written a number of short stories with Mark Newbold and finds that the combined talents of the two of them have created a new, more in-depth analysis of the Setnin Sectors most famous inhabitants.

Louis became interested in role-playing after being introduced to Jonathan Hicks and Mark through a mutual friend. As such he now designs and writes for the Lightsabre web site.

Louis writes a weekly column for Micromart computer magazine in the UK which has led to more work.