Born in Chickamauga, Georgia, John Dyer moved to Asia in 1956, when his father took an engineering assignment with a power utility. 

He attended grades 1-12 at an international school, touring with his family through 29 countries before settling in the Midwest. 

A computer scientist, he is a founder of an IBM-affiliated software company, and an early innovator in electronic commerce. He brings a lifelong interest in science and engineering to everything he writes.