Born in the English county of Suffolk in 1948, from the age of ten, Jack spent most of his life in New Zealand until 2000 when he returned to his birthplace. After military service in the 1960's, he travelled the world, visiting many places, speaking with many people across the world over the years. Now he is content to write and travel via the Internet. He is now retired, surrounded by his favourite books ranging from historical fact to science fiction. His literary icons are J.R.R Tolkien, George Orwell, Arthur C Clarke and John Wyndham. Jack’s science fiction space opera novel "Onet's Tale" was his first foray into the world of publishing. His second science fiction novel “The Seventh Age”  recently exceeded five thousand sales.  His fantasy anthology "Globular Van der Graff's Goblin Tales for Adults" is also available as a Kindle ebook. The exciting sequel to The Seventh Age - The Forgotten Age is set beneath the Giza Plateau. He recently published the third in his "Age" series the pure science fiction novella entitled The Next Age. He also contributes to his blog “Have We Had Help” at http://havewehadhelp.wordpress.com/