Tony Cape was born in Wales and grew up in Yorkshire. He is an author and journalist. After working as a journalist in Northern Ireland and England, he moved to the United States in 1977 to join the Buddhist community of Tibetan meditation master Chogyam Trungpa, Rinpoche, Colorado. He currently lives in Western Massachusetts. He is the creator of 'Derek Smailes', a former police detective turned counterintelligence officer. Visit also this site.