John O'Flaherty, Watergrasshill, Cork, Ireland, trained as an actor/singer in Cork. He acted in sixty-four stage shows, appeared on Irish radio and television and TV commercials in London, England, studied the novel and short story writing in Cincinatti, Ohio, qualified as a screenwriter in Hollywood, California, sold seven short stories, two historical stories, poetry, and two screenplays on contract in Hollywood and Pittsburgh.