Born in the East End of London in 1935 and lived through the Blitz. Worked in a factory for five years from the age of 16. Got an education that enabled me to move into a new industry that made it possible to emigrate to the US in 1960. Lived upstate New York for a time, got married, had two children, changed jobs, locations, got divorced. Finished up in Los Angeles in 1971 which is where I remain. I moved from process control to computers and also moved from engineering to writing. Started my own small marketing communications business catering to the high tech industries. This included over ten years with Xerox as a client.