The journey into Jamaica’s history began in 2007, during a trip to Black River, located on the south coast of the island. While driving through the town, I passed a beautifully renovated house that had been converted into a guest house. I decided to spend the night—and was struck by its architecture, along with that of several other nearby homes. It was clear they had been built during a time of great prosperity by people of wealth, yet the condition of the town told a very different story. That moment sparked a curiosity that led to weeks of reading everything I could find. It resulted in the launch of the Jamaica Black River website—and soon after, a deepening passion for unearthing the island’s secrets. That curiosity deepened over time and eventually grew into the Fiwi Roots Project: a collection of websites preserving Jamaica's heritage and vibrant culture, offering nuanced insights into its people, its past, its places—and the powerful forces that shaped them.
Earlier in my career, I was approached by McGraw Hill to author the book Broadband Networking. That opportunity led to further engagements as a contributing author and technical editor on several additional technology titles, all published by McGraw Hill.
Upon retirement, full attention turned to the Fiwi Roots Project, including time spent in the United Kingdom tracing the lineage of Jamaica’s Great House owners and the flow of wealth derived from their plantations. The following year, the Jamaica Timeline website was launched—a chronological journey through the island's history, highlighting its people, industry, and music.
That same year, a scholarship was launched to support students in Jamaica's rural interior, and it was through this initiative that the first novel, The Secret Pact, unexpectedly took shape. It began as a short story I intended to use to launch a platform for young Jamaican writers to share their work. But as I wrote—immersed in vibrant characters and lesser-known moments from Jamaica's past—the narrative took on a life of its own. That experience helped me realize that the best way to preserve and share Jamaica's history is through storytelling. But for those stories to carry meaning, the history must first be told.
The Timeline of Jamaica was released in 2025—a sweeping historical work tracing the island's journey from pre-colonial times to independence. Built on years of research that began during the COVID-19 lockdown, it aims to share the country’s rich and often overlooked past. These books—and hopefully those still to come—are my contribution to keeping Jamaica's stories alive and ensuring they're passed on to future generations.
