Jonathan Carriel capsule biography

Photo by Margery Westin

Born: May 10, 1947 in Wilmington, Delaware, USA

Family: father, Jonathan T. Carriel (Sr.), Ph.D. (1914-1995), research chemist for Dupont and INCO; mother, Margaret Kearfott Carriel, housewife and writer, Martinsville, Virginia; brother, Benjamin K. Carriel, musician and teacher, Nyack, New York (and his wife Olga and their children Benny and Becky).

Raised: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Ridgewood, New Jersey

Education: B.A., M.A., in History, New York University 1969, 1970

Residence: New York City since 1965

Available: For public gatherings of book-lovers and history-lovers. Ready to present (among other topics) a capsule introduction to the French and Indian War.

Previous career: Local area network technician, trainer, and administrator, for Toronto-Dominion Bank, First Boston, Chase Manhattan, and the St. Christopher-Ottilie foster care organization.

Avocations: Sailing my Columbia 43 yacht VELUT LUNA out of the Nyack (NY) Boat Club on the Hudson River’s beautiful Tappan Zee; and doing odd jobs and set construction for productions of the Village Light Opera Group of New York City (of which I am a Life Member).

For those who may be interested, the “author profile” I’ve created on the Amazon.com website offers some discussion of the future of the Thomas Dordrecht series; lists of my favorite works of historical fiction; and capsule book reviews.