John Derbyshire (born June 3, 1945) is a British-American writer. His columns in National Review and New English Review cover a broad range of political-cultural topics, including immigration, China, history, mathematics, and race.[1][2] Derbyshire\s 1996 book, Seeing Calvin Coolidge in a Dream, was a New York Times \"Notable Book of the Year\". His 2004 book, Prime Obsession, won the Mathematical Association of America\s inaugural Euler Book Prize.[3] Derbyshire graduated from University College London, where he studied mathematics. Before turning to writing full-time, he worked on Wall Street as a computer programmer. Derbyshire\s wife, Rosie, is from China[4] and, with her, he has fathered two children, Dannie and Nellie. While raised an Anglican, Derbyshire now considers himself a Mysterian.[5] He lives in Huntington, New York.