Evie King is a council worker and writer. A former stand up comedian, she has always written short form pieces in the margins of her various day jobs, contributing to New Humanist, Guardian Comment is Free, BBC Comedy and Viz Comic. After moving to the seaside and going part-time she has had more time for writing and completed her first book, Ashes to Admin, about her job arranging council funerals. She is currently working on a second. She is an ambassador for missing persons and cold case charity Locate International and heads up the UK training programme for council funeral workers.