William Rycroft trained as an actor at LAMDA. Together with War Horse, his theatre credits included Cyrano de Bergerac and The False Servant (National Theatre), The Woman in Black (West End), The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe (RSC), Richard III (Sheffield Crucible) plus TV appearances in Heartbeat, A&E, Casualty and The Hello Girls. A passionate bibliophile, he has narrated many audiobooks, spent many years as a book blogger and now works full-time with books.