I was born in Perth, Western Australia. As a boy I roamed through the bush in bare feet and body-surfed in the Indian Ocean. Holidays were spent fishing or on a farm at shearing or seeding time. Somehow I found time to learn to play the violin (badly). I came to Sydney in time to start university where I gained a Master of Economics degree and spent three years in the Army Reserve.

For a time I worked as an economist later becoming a company director. After a decade with an international merchant bank I established a small independent investment bank with several friends. I began writing novels after years passing time in airplanes working out plots for fun. The Morozov Inheritance is my new book.