 The holder of two patents, he is credited for creating the Electronic Book and the Bookbank, a computerized electronic storage and retrieval system.His most recent novel, "While The Music Played", was released in May 2020 to critical acclaim, 
and the "10 Best of Everything" is a bestseller for National Geographic Books.He was educated at the Avon Old Farms School, Duke University, Oxford University, and earned his PhD at Trinity College, Dublin in 1992.