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 hitch-hiking around North America. After graduating from Sussex University where I studied history and philosophy, I joined Price Waterhouse & Co. as a Chartered Accountant 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 and eventually we moved to California where many of my clients were based. Accidentally, but fortuitously arriving in Silicon Valley in the early ‘80s, I was plunged into 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 eleven books including some novels, literary and historical studies, as well as books about current affairs.

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