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Patrick O'Connor

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A retired cybersecurity specialist who originally studied Physics at University. His work took him to three continents and he lived in the US for ten years.
He writes regularly for the British Computer Society. As a young man had an interest in the supernatural and was a keen chess player. Once employed by an airline he has travelled widely and driven the length of Route 66.
Forever wedded to his boyhood football club, Chelsea, he enjoys nothing more than a glass of Jamesons and the company of good friends. He lives in Ealing with his partner and has two grown children.

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