I was born in England and lived there for the first 18 years of my life there. During World War II I was a young boy in London during the blitz. My father was a British army officer and commanded a prisoner of war camp in North Africa housing captured German and Italian officers. 'Honor Knows No Borders' was my first book and while mostly fictional was loosely based on my father's and my wartime experiences. I came to the United States at age 18 not intending to stay long but ran out of money in Jackson, Mississippi, and had to get a job. Initially I worked at the Robert E. Lee Hotel running an elevator. Total segregation existed in the South at that time. I ignored it, not because I was a crusader but as an English kid I foolishly believed it didn't apply to me. I went to black movie houses showing movies I wanted to see. At that time many Southerners were still grateful to England whose purchase of cotton had at least partially financed the South's Civil war needs, England had outlawed slavery many years earlier but needed the cotton. Many Southerners critical of my ignoring the segregation 'rules' forgave me on hearing my strong English accent. 'He'll learn better' My experience in the segregated South loosely provided the background for my mostly fictional second book 'The Cockney Lad and Jim Crow' During the Korean War I was drafted into the American Army. Because I was not an American citizen I was told I did not have to go into the U.S. army but if I elected no to I would have to go back to England. If I went back to England I would probably have been drafted into the British army. England did not have the GI Bill of Rights which ultimately allowed me to go to college and its uniforms were not as smart as the American ones!! In the army I became a naturalized American but also retained my UK citizenship. Once out of the service I went to college, where I met my wife and then went to law school, both college and law school at UCLA. I have practiced as a trial lawyer for many years, trying cases mostly in California but also in other States. I am an adjunct professor at Pepperdine Law School where I teach trial advocacy related skills. I have two children and two grandchildren whose names I have used in my soon to be published children's book 'Ants Don't Talk, Do They?'