Johnanchovi was born 1963. I grew up in both Stirling in Scotland and in Carrigaline County Cork. I have published several articles in print and online media. In 2008 I wrote and published The Complex with Greyhound/Merlin. I returned to education completing a BA in English and Italian Literature and Italian language at University College Cork. I count Christopher Hitchens, Bertrand Russell and A.S. Byatt among his most important intellectual influences.