Vernon Dwelly

The author has lived a remarkable life across the globe. He now invites you to share some of his experiences in the USA and on far-afield foreign assignments with his poems and short stories in Until the Gods Say No. Humor, surprises, challenges, nature and human observations, illustrate a poet’s sensitivities as well as the realities of life in different global environments.

Vernon I. Dwelly was born in Liverpool, England, in 1921, and attended Buxton College, Derbyshire, and the London School of Economics. His studies were interrupted by WWII, where he rose to the rank of captain with the British Special Services Brigade Commandos. His responsibilities included training U.S. Rangers in night warfare. After the war, he performed intelligence duties, with both anti-Nazi and anti- Russian assignments.

His thirty-three year management career with American Express yielded him projects in Latin America, the Orient, Europe, and the U.S.A. On retiring in 1984, Dwelly invented, designed, and produced the “Pocket Pillow,” a two-chamber light, versatile mountaineering and medical support cushion, now licensed in the U.S. and Holland.