DAVID B. BECKWITH was born in Cumbria,
U.K. His family emigrated to Perth, Western
Australia in 1969. He studied Mathematics
and Philosophy at the University of W.A. He is
now a retired I.T. Professional, also a polyglot,
a polymath, cook, painter, and an avid traveller
(having circumnavigated the globe, visited
Antarctica, and spent more than six months in
Central & South America). He lives in a rural
region bordering to the metropolitan area of Perth where he and
his wife grow vegetables and raise chickens for eggs. David makes
cheeses and fruit wines, when he is not writing Sherlock Holmes
