Ian Skewis was born in Scotland in 1970.
He wrote articles for a local paper and had his first poems published at the age of 19. He trained at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and became an actor, appearing on film and television, and providing his voice for radio. He performed in numerous stage plays that toured internationally, including Like Thunder, which received a Fringe First Award in 2001.
He is the author of several short stories, including 'The Circular Memory', 'Leviathan', 'Borrowed Time' (finalist in The Temporal Logbook international competition) and 'Inkling', which was published in an anthology, The Speculative Book, in 2016.
He lives and works in Glasgow.
A Murder of Crows is his debut novel.