Born in England at the end of World War II, I grew up in north London, the eldest of six children. Between school and university in the early 1960s, I spent a year hitchhiking around North America where I fell in love with the energy and optimism of the USA. After graduating from Sussex University where I studied history and philosophy, I joined Price Waterhouse & Co. as a Chartered Accountant, next to the Bank of England in the City of London, and spent several years wearing a bowler hat and a 3-piece, pin-stripe suit.

I moved to the French countryside in my mid-20s where I swapped my bowler hat for a beret, married Jude and raised our two daughters Peggy and Bridie.

For several years I worked as an international tax-consultant based in Lugano, Switzerland, and London; eventually moving to California. Accidentally, but fortuitously arriving in Silicon Valley in the early ‘80s, I was plunged into the excitement of the exploding personal computer revolution. For several years I worked as international Business Director for two different software corporations, traveling the world from Sydney to Sao Paulo and from Hong Kong to Helsinki.

Following the collapse of the Dot-Com industry at the turn of the century, I was hired by the University of Miami as Director of their Computer and Technology Group which eventually morphed into the Office of Professional Development. In addition to my administrative duties, I also taught a class on the French writer Marcel Proust and developed a 6-week Wine Appreciation program.

I retired early to focus on writing full time and, over the past few years have published a dozen books including some novels, literary and historical works, as well as studies about current affairs.

When not writing, my wife Jude and I enjoy spending time visiting our grandchildren, either in South Carolina or in France.