Background; Engineering and Computing. Born in England, emigrated to Canada 2007.  Has been writing and getting sporadically published since 1978.  Loves Motorcycling, travel, deep sea fishing, good coffee and single malt whiskies.
Major writing influences; Asimov, Arthur C Clarke, Robert A Heinlein, Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle, Terry Pratchett, P J O'Rourke, H P Lovecraft, and Edgar Allen Poe.