William Gleeson was born in New Zealand in 1946 and graduated MSc (Hons) from Auckland University.

After a career in executive positions in Australia, SE Asia and USA he is now a Business Management consultant in the field of biotechnology.
William has always had a keen interest in the history of science and in the conflict of science and religion. For more than ten years he has pursued a personal interest in documenting the mysteries and factual anomalies in the literature and archaeological records of the ancient world - which forms the basis of this book.