Seasoned all-round writer with specialties in science and technology and their applications in commerce and defense, extending to philosophy and subsets of the social sciences. Blogger at nigelhey.com. Solid experience as manager, planner and participant in publlc/media relations and corporate communications programs. British-born. Previous to joining Sandia National Laboratories as a science/technology writer and public relations officer had managerial/writing positions with media in US, UK, and Bermuda before becoming editorial director of the publications arm of London-based IMS International (now Dun & Bradstreet’s IMS Health). Years of experience in organizing "editorial boards" and one-on-one meetings between sci/tech innovators and selected media representatives in US and UK.Clients include Sandia National Laboratories, Santa Fe Institute, the MIND Network (neuroscience), Technology Ventures Corporation.Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, life member, National Association of Science Writers, the Planetary Society, and SouthWest Writers. In Britain a member of the Royal Institution, Association of British Science Writers, and British Interplanetary Society..Specialties: Special writing/editing expertise in science and technology, including energy/environment, materials science, microtechnologies, nanotech. Books include three early popular science titles (Putnam and Simon & Schuster), plus Solar System (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2002), a history of the U.S. Strategic Defense Initiative, The Star Wars Enigma (Potomac Books, July 2006), and an autobiography, Wonderment (Troubador/Matador, 2012). Languages: English, some French, a little Spanish and Italian.