About the Author

Damien Linnane was born in Sydney, Australia. After working a disparaging collection of jobs following high-school, he spent over five years in the Australian army as a combat medic while completing a degree majoring in psychology. In 2015, at the age of 29, he was sentenced to two-years imprisonment for a series of crimes, including the firebombing of a home, with the sentencing magistrate finding that his motivation appeared to be 'vigilante action'. Scarred was written while he was in custody. Since his release from prison, Linnane has started a business, Vigilante Studios, doing photorealistic portrait drawings by commission, and has completed a master's degree in information studies. He also works as a ghostwriter and is a contributor to the news website 10 daily.