Following a traditional moderately orthodox Jewish upbringing I studied art for five years, gaining a BA at Saint Martins in 1981. For the next fifteen years I enjoyed success both as a representational/expressive painter and then as a commercial illustrator. In 1993 I began work on my academic book, King Saul - The True History of the First Messiah which was published by the Lutterworth press (Cambridge) in 2007 to critical acclaim. My first novel, The Sons of Kohath was published in 2014. In addition to my writing, literary editing, fine art and illustration skills I am also a professional 'art photographer' and am proficient with the very latest Adobe Photoshop software. I am currently producing a series of commercial limited edition, highly produced photo-art images using these processes. In 1991 I married ex Sadlers Wells ballerina Dido Nicholson and a year later we purchased a 'finca' (a small holding) in southern Spain where we primarily farm grapes and make traditional Malaga Montes wine. From 1993 until today--except for a two year spell in Israel from 2009-11) we have divided our time equally between London and Andalusia.