W A Harbinson is the author of a wide variety of fiction and nonfiction, including his bestselling novels GENESIS (1980) and REVELATION (1982). Though he is mainly known for his commercial novels and biographies, his career began more modestly with literary works such as KNOCK. Born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, in 1941, he has since lived for lengthy periods of time in Australia, London and Paris. He presently lives in West Cork, Ireland.