Lee Barnes
ALLi Author Member
Location: United Kingdom
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Lee Barnes is a British author based in Birmingham and the founder of Hatchford Vale Press, the personal imprint under which he publishes his work. Born and bred in the Midlands, much of Lee’s writing draws quietly from the character of the region: its industrial past, its understated resilience, and the ordinary lives that unfold in the spaces between institutions and communities. Birmingham’s mix of old industry, modern infrastructure and overlooked stories forms a natural backdrop for the tensions that run through his fiction. Alongside his writing, Lee has spent many years working in technology and information security within complex organisations. That experience, close to the unseen systems that shape modern life, has strongly influenced the themes of his work. His fiction focuses on people inside institutions: the language they use, the procedures they follow, the systems they trust, and the small decisions that gradually gather weight.
Lee Barnes' books
Genres: General Fiction, Humour & Satire
Formats: E-Book, Audio, Paperback
Age Groups: 18+
A satirical workplace comedy about cybersecurity, office politics and Britain’s worst CISO. SOUNDING OFFICIAL IS EASY. BEING EFFECTIVE IS HARDER. Some people rise through competence. Crispin had a different strategy. Crispin Lockwood-Fetch never set out to become a Chief Information Security Officer (CISO). He simply discovered, quite early on, that he was exceptionally good at one thing: sounding official. From helpdesk hero to boardroom favourite, Crispin charts his accidental ascent through the world of cybersecurity, armed with little more than a sharp suit, an impressive collection of cybersecurity jargon and executive buzzwords, and an unshakable belief that most problems can be solved by clearing the cache and delivering a confident PowerPoint. Interspersed with the increasingly exasperated logs of his Head of Security Operations, Lauren Barnell, this is the painfully plausible story of how one man mastered the art of looking like he knew what he was doing... right up until...