Gray is a Louisiana Native. He studied German literature in the wilds of Texas before moving to Mainz, Germary on a scholarship in 1984. He stayed to teach English, translate and file plumbing orders for the US Air Force. later he took a master's degree in international relations at Canterbury and became a journalist in bustling Woking, Surrey. Much of the 1990s were spent in scenic frankfurt, alternating stints at wire services, newspapers and television. He upped stakes in 198 to freelance for the Financial Times in the Netherlands and, as a reminder of the better things in life, for Lonely