Eric Drysdale lives in Sydney, Australia, where many of the stories have been set. He became an insurance agent in late 1981 and after 41 years, at the age of 77, retired at the end of June 2023 to concentrate on his writing. With over four decades of experience it was only natural that some of the characters found themselves, for good or ill, in insurance plots. For decades Eric has had a fascination with what he refers to as “The Fork in the Road Syndrome,” both in what he writes and reads. About half the stories that make up The Fork in the Road have been published or broadcast before.