Christopher Lowery was born in the northeast of England, and graduated in finance and economics after reluctantly giving up career choices in professional golf and rock & roll. He is a real estate and telecoms entrepreneur and inventor and has created several successful companies around the world. He is the author of the bestselling African Diamonds thriller trilogy and contemporary terrorism suspense novel The Mosul Legacy. He also writes technical patents, poetry and children's books and has recently produced an album of his songs. He and his wife Marjorie live between London and Marbella.