理查德•德纳姆出生在奥尔德肖特的一个军事重镇，他的父亲是英国陆军的警长，理查德现居于范堡罗。
理查德在学校学习到罗马人的历史后就对此产生了浓厚的兴趣，尤其是罗马人在英国的历史。理查德从小接触剑，骑士，坦克等军事故事，他对亚瑟王的传奇也相当感兴趣。通过自学后，他发现真实的罗马不列颠比书中的更为有趣新奇。
理查德对不列颠尼亚系列做了些不痛不痒的研究。在动荡的时期，罗马人曾在英国的土地上居住，战斗，欢笑，结婚生子，要离开并不是一件简单的事情。理查德那时可能或多或少下了决心要写一本有关这段历史的书，但也只是有可能，直到他遇到了知名的作家和历史学家M•J•特罗，他们共同成就了《哈德良长城》。
M•J•特罗已著有六十多本畅销书，其中有四十余本小说，他永远都在追寻新鲜的主意。
M•J•特罗是一位优秀的军事历史学家，他从来没想过要写一部有关罗马人在英国最后一段日子的历史，直到他碰到了理查德•德纳姆，两人共同谱就了这个一鸣惊人的系列。
理查德详尽的知识和特罗广泛的历史涉猎相互融合，特罗还有个特别的本事就是能将历史故事变得栩栩如生起来。评论家们也经常说历史人物在特罗的书中感觉并没有尘封在过去，而是跃然纸上的。这样的感觉也同样出现在阅读他的马洛和雷斯垂德系列，其中描述了四世纪的都铎王朝和维多利亚时代。
作为一个经验丰富的历史老师，将历史变得鲜活是特罗一直追求的，没有比听到人们说“我多希望他是我的历史老师”更能让特罗高兴的了。
Richard Denham was born in the military town of Aldershot, the son of a sergeant in the British Army and now lives in Farnborough.
Ever since studying the Romans at school, he has taken a keen interest in them, specifically Romans in Britain. As a boy growing up with swords, knights, tanks and all things military he also developed an interest in the legends of King Arthur. Being self taught and very demoralised by the romantic fairytales, he discovered to his delight that the "real world" was in fact much more interesting and linked to Roman Britain, proving yet again that the truth is both stranger and more fascinating than fiction.
The inspiration for the Britannia series was the cold, impassive footnote Richard would constantly come across "Romans leave Britain". This would have been, for those who lived it, an apocalyptic time never known before; with the Romans having lived, fought, laughed, married and raised children on our island, "leaving" could never be as simple as that.
He more or less decided then and there that he would write a series of books one day, shining a light onto this forgotten time. This might have remained an idea for "sometime in the future" until chance meeting with well-established author and historian M.J Trow made it all seem possible. From this meeting came a collaboration resulting in "The Wall".
A bestselling author of over sixty books, including forty novels, Mei Trow is nevertheless always looking for the next new idea.
A military historian by training and consummate story-teller by inclination, he had never thought of writing about the Romans’ last hurrah in Britain until he met Richard Denham and then it seemed an obvious subject for a blockbusting series.
Using Richard Denham’s exhaustive knowledge and his own wide-ranging grasp of history, Mei has brought his skill in bringing the past to life to the table in this collaboration. Reviewers have often mentioned how he makes historical characters seem as though the past is "now" and not a dusty "then" and he has made this as true for fourth century Britain as for Tudor or Victorian England (the Marlowe and the Lestrade series).
As a history teacher for more years than he cares to remember, making the past live is his passion and nothing pleases him more than the many reviews that say "I wish he had been my History teacher!"