Colin Rodgers was born in the small village of Cullybackey, County Antrim, Northern Ireland in 1955. He married Colette in 1977 and had two daughters, Frances and Julie; a son, David; two grandsons, Daryush and Ronan; and a granddaughter, Minou. In February 2013 he died suddenly in County Antrim as this book was going to press and is much missed by his family and friends.