Dr. Barry Nadel was born in Texas (July 11, 1953), and grew up in San Jose, California (before it was Silicon Valley, in a religious Jewish home. Between 1971-73 he studied Archaeology and Anthropology and then switched to Enology and Viticulture, receiving his B.Sc. from UC Davis (1975). In 1976, he won the Winkler Scholarship from the Dept. of Viticulture and Enology. Barry finished his M.Sc. in grape genetics in 1977. He was the first person to do grape tissue culture at UC Davis.

He made aliyah to Israel to do his Ph.D. in plant genetics at the Faculty of Agriculture, Hebrew University in Rehovot, which he received in 1981.

Dr. Nadel worked as a researcher in plant biotechnology and physiology for 6 years at the Faculty of Agriculture. He then founded his own small vegetable seed company for 22 years, responsible for plant breeding (plant sex), stock seed maintenance and seed production.

He served in the Army reserves for 13 years in the artillery (3 years in Lebanon, and 5 years of Intifada). Later he was a full-time volunteer for the Border Police, responsible for the security of Moshav Kfar Pines for 10 years.

Dr. Nadel was for two years the chief scientist for a government-sanctioned medicinal Cannabis corporation, responsible for tissue culture, agro-technical research and plant breeding.

Dr. Nadel has three daughters, one son and ten grandchildren (5 girls and 5 boys). He is both divorced and a widower. He has been writing for over 35 years both scientific and non-fiction works. For the past 23 years Dr. Nadel has been writing fiction. In 2013 he decided to publish the fiction project called the Hoshiyan Chronicles. It is a highly spiritual work based on the principles of Justice, Righteousness and Faith (www.drbarrynadel.com).

Dr. Nadel wrote an article about how to succeed at second marriages (https://sites.google.com/site/matrimonialadvise/) and a book about wine: Introduction to Kosher wine and (http://drbnadel.com/sneak-previews.html)

Dr. Nadel is currently involved with a group that is working on a method of alternative medicine based on Jewish Scholars principle that all disease and ailments in man are symptoms of spiritual problems. Solve the spiritual problem and the physical problem will disappear.

The first book of the Hoshiyan Chronicles, Seeking the Light of Justice, is now available in paperback at Amazon and as an e-book on Kindle. The the next nine books have been published.