James Essinger

James Essinger (born 5 September 1957) is a freelance writer and British author of numerous financial and business management books, but he is better known for his non-fiction books. These include ''Spellbound: The Improbable Story of English Spelling'' and his popular science book on the history of computing, ''Jacquard's Web''. Essinger is also the author, with Jovanka Houska, of ''The Mating Game'', a novel set in the world of chess. Provided by Wikipedia