Born in the Republic of Ireland in 1941, moved to Northern Ireland when a young child. Left secondary school after grade 12 and had a couple of clerical jobs. Joined the Northern Ireland Police Force, the Royal Ulster Constabulary, at the age of eighteen and served during a period of the IRA troubles and resigned after four years and married his present wife, has two sons. After leaving the police force, he pursued a career in the field of selling, which he successfully pursued until 1981 when he and his family immigrated to Australia and settled in Queensland where they became Australian citizens in 1986. Since then, he has continued his career in the sales field in the telecommunications industry. He is now retired and is attempting to fulfil a lifetime ambition of writing. Second Chance is his first book and forms part of a series based on a theme that was inspired by his own sighting and close encounter with a U.F.O. in Northern Ireland early in 1970.