What Knot

Geoffrey Budworth has been an inspector in the Metropolitan Police in London, England, a principal officer in local government, and a full time lecturer at a large college of further education.  He is now a freelance author of non-fiction works who has written more than 20 books in the past 20 years -- many about knots -- and is a well known name within the knotting fraternity.  He was recently awarded a Bachelor of Science degree by the Open University.

Richard Hopkins has worked in polymer technology research, banking, the security industry, and industrial archeology.  He has too many hobbies, but knot tying and lock and key collecting are the ones that interest him the most.