Jay Worrall

Jay Worrall is an American historical fiction author who made his debut with the 2005 published novel “Sails on the Horizon.” He was born in Washington DC, at the Walter Reed Army Hospital at a time when the United States was in the middle of the Second World War. Born in a Quaker military family, he grew up all over the place just like many other army brats. Jay has lived in four continents and six countries some of which he visited or lived in as a child with the rest being countries he lived in as an adult. Given his many wanderings, he is proficient in several languages including Vietnamese, English, Japanese, French, Italian, and German. As a teen, he went to Indiana’s preeminent Quaker school the Earlham College, from where he graduated with a degree in physics. Several years later, he went to the University of Virginia and graduated with an ABD and MA in Anthropology. He also went to the University of London in England. During his early years, he was known as a conscientious objector of the Vietnam War and a fierce pacifist. For a time, he worked as a volunteer with refugees when he lived for several years in the Central Highlands of Vietnam. When the war ended, he moved to Japan where he became an English tutor.