Artist Detailed Info: John Derbyshire

John Derbyshire (born June 3, 1945) is a British-American author and columnist. He writes for the magazines National Review Online and New English Review on a broad range of topics, including immigration, China, history, mathematics, culture, politics, and race.

Derbyshire graduated from University College London, where he studied mathematics. His wife is originally from China and they have two children. While raised an Anglican, he no longer considers himself a Christian but rather a Mysterian. He currently resides in Huntington, New York.

Before turning to writing full-time, he worked on Wall Street as a computer programmer. As a novelist, Derbyshire's 1996 book, Seeing Calvin Coolidge in a Dream, was a New York Times "Notable Book of the Year". His more recent Prime Obsession was awarded the Mathematical Association of America's inaugural Euler Book Prize.

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