Ivan was born in Spain and educated in England.  His writing heroes are Douglas Adams, Michael Marshall (Smith), Jonathan Swift , Jaime Hernandez and Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra.

Ivan is writing a satirical novel called The Hum, set in an alternate-reality Britain, where llamas can become DCI and Gove is a human being*.  It begins, as with all great literature, with the death of a hamster.

He lives in West London with his wife and daughter.

Follow Ivan on twitter, he’s @monkquixote.

*Correction, no-one can make Gove appear human.