Andrew Tristem (born 1968) is an author and journalist who has written widely for ''

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'', '' Sunday Express'' and ''

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'', among many other publications. Schooled at

Gillotts School Gillotts School is a coeducational secondary school with academy status in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England. The school is sited on a 33 acre verdant campus on the edge of Henley, incorporating a large Victorian manor house and two of its ...

and King James's College (now The Henley College) in Henley-on-Thames, Tristem graduated from the

University of Warwick , mottoeng = Mind moves matter , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £7.0 million (2021) , budget = £698.2 million (2020� ...

with an MSc in Management Science and Operational Research, and the London School of Journalism where he graduated '' summa cum laude'' with a Postgraduate Diploma in Journalism. He started his journalism career at the ''

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'' in

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before moving to the '' Hampstead & Highgate Express'' series in London where he worked as a staff reporter and news editor. Tristem now works as a senior press officer at

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and writes novels in his spare time. He lives in Henley-on-Thames in Oxfordshire with his wife Rebecca and son. ''The Incidental Murderer'' is his first novel, followed by ''Meat Club''.

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1968 births Living people Alumni of the University of Warwick English male novelists 21st-century British novelists English male journalists People from Henley-on-Thames Alumni of the London School of Journalism {{England-novelist-stub