Billy Riley

Adam Dickson is a novelist and screenwriter. His novels are, The Butterfly Collector (2012), Drowning by Numbers (2014), Billy Riley (2020), Indigo Blue (2022). He has also co-written three non-fiction books in the sports genre, and a book on mental health, Surfing the Edge: a survivor's guide to bipolar disorder. In February 2020, he appeared as one of the experts in the CBS Reality crime series, Murder by the Sea. The episode, titled, Neville Heath, the Lady Killer, documents the real-life case of ex-RAF pilot Neville Heath, who was hanged at Pentonville Prison in 1946. He is currently working on two novels and several screenplays, and regularly collaborates with a screenwriting partner, enjoying numerous cappuccinos in cafes on the south coast.



After suffering two massive brain seizures in 2003, which left him permanently disabled, Adam took up running, completing the London Marathon in 2006. An ongoing obsession with triathlon, culminated in an entry in Ironman UK in 2007; he displays the medal in his living room for all to see!