'A first-class thriller with authentic backgrounds that take the action around the world, Azam Gill's book deserves to be a notable success.' 
Len Deighton about Blood Money.

Dr. Azam Gill, author of Blood Money, is a scholar and a warrior with first-hand experience of front line fighting and covert commando operations — on a seemingly incongruous lifetime’s love-story with literature, study and teaching. Now a French citizen, he was born in Pakistan, the son of a renowned jurist father and a talented playwright and educationalist mother.

Accepted as a ‘gentleman cadet’ at the Pakistan Military Academy, he was commissioned to a light infantry battalion of the Punjab Regiment deployed in Kashmir. He also obtained his paratrooper’s wings. In Kashmir, one of the world’s flash-points, Gill successively served as Intelligence Officer, Company Commander and Regimental Adjutant. He was also in charge of the crossing of spies through his sector. Later, he received a Master’s in English language and Literature from the Punjab University. He published a pamphlet, Jail Reforms, and a book, Army Reforms. Although Jail Reforms was on the syllabus of the Prisons Training Academy, both books were seized and burnt by the authorities. Gill was called to Islamabad and warned that he should leave the country before his imminent arrest. Seeking protection and a new life, Gill followed in the footsteps of the beggars and princes who have served in the ranks of the French Foreign Legion.

 After basic training, he was posted to the 1er Régiment Etranger de Cavalérie, created in 1645, which carries the official appellation of Royal Etranger. He was rapidly promoted, did a tenure in Africa as part of Operation Barracuda, received outstanding assessment reports and became the first Légionnaire to gain a PhD, which he received from Grenoble University. His dissertation, The Effect of Editing on William Faulkner’s Flags in the Dust, was written in English. At the end of his Legion contract, Gill worked as a language teacher and became a Lecturer at Grenoble University’s Polytechnic. He was then seconded to the French Navy on instruction secondment. During this period, he also wrote a monthly column on Geopolitics for The National Educator, a Californian monthly paper. His articles have been published in book form with an exhaustive bibliography and index under the title Winds of Change: Geopolitics and the World Order, available at online stores. He now teaches English for French National Education.

His hobbies include reading, writing, cooking, swimming and French Savate Boxing. Gill lives in France with his wife and three young children.