sew My BioS. Eric Wachtel was born and raised in New York City and graduated from the University of Missouri. While in college, he crafted his first historical based short story.Starting on Wall Street, he was later a vice president of an international conglomerate, and then president of an innovative medical technology company. A history buff, in his debut novel, THE ESSENE CONSPIRACY, he draws on his extensive international business experience.Eric lives with his wife, Lynn, and Russian Blue cat in Washington, D.C. and Vermont. A member of International Thriller Writers, he is at work on the next Harry McClure thriller.