Neil D.A. Stewart werd geboren in Glasgow in 1978 en woont in Londen. Hij studeerde aan de Universiteit van Glasgow en behaalde een MA in Creatief Schrijven aan de Universiteit van East Anglia. Hij is kunstredacteur van het online magazine Civilian en werkt als freelance corrector voor Tate Publishing. The Glasgow Coma Scale is zijn eerste roman.
Take a seat for an evening service at Michelin-starred Midgard, during which the stage is set for the most deliciously haunting who-done-it you'll read this year... Test Kitchen is a novel about food: about desire and violence, mothers and mortality. Do you dare let us whet your appetite?
Lynne Meacher once dreamed of being an artist. Now she's stuck in a dead-end call centre job, lives alone and is beginning to regret her life choices. Angus Rennie was once her teacher at the Glasgow School of Art: charismatic, feared and revered by his students. But he has made mistakes too, and now he's jobless, homeless and begging for cash in Glasgow city centre.The pair's chance re-encounter spurs Lynne - certain long-submerged affections suddenly stirring - to invite Angus to stay in her flat. What can Angus do but accept?As the past is recalled, the present unravelled and the future contemplated with hope and horror, the odd couple's relationship becomes more complicated and contradictory than ever.