Derek Berry Thorpe currently resides in Florida but he was born and grew up on the tiny island of Barbados where the majority of the novel takes place. He is a physician by profess...view moreDerek Berry Thorpe currently resides in Florida but he was born and grew up on the tiny island of Barbados where the majority of the novel takes place. He is a physician by profession with a sub-specialty in nuclear cardiology. He is a first time novelist but he has written a few screenplays for short films and he is a published cartoonist with a strip called ‘The Bradshaws’. His second work of fiction entitled ‘The Finger Prince’ is currently being penned. Dr. Thorpe is also an inventor. He has a US patent for a modification of the wrist watch.view less