M. J. Trow

Meirion James Trow (born 16 October 1949)[1] is a Welsh author of crime fiction, who writes under the name M. J.

[2] He has written mysteries featuring Inspector Lestrade, Peter Maxwell, Kit Marlowe and Margaret Murray.

Trow was born in Ferndale, Rhondda Cynon Taff, Wales.

[3] On 14 July 1973[4] he married Carol Mary Long, and in 1976 moved to the Isle of Wight where he worked as a teacher of History and Politics at Ryde High School.

In 2008 he appeared on the Channel 4 show Richard & Judy talking about his book Spartacus: The Myth and the Man.