[1][2][3] The first book in the series, The Case of the Missing Moonstone, sold 40,000 copies worldwide, and was translated into Russian, German and Turkish[citation needed]; it was a finalist for the Sheila A. Egoff Children's Literature Prize (part of the British Columbia Book Prizes)[4] and the Silver Birch Award (part of the Forest of Reading, created by the Ontario Library Association).
[citation needed] He has written extensively on gnosticism as a modern spiritual practice and on the history of alchemy.
Stratford has also worked as an advertising creative director, filmmaker, screenwriter, instructor at Vancouver Film School and writer for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
Despite living off an inheritance from his multi-millionaire father, Jordan was intent, and successful, at crowd funding his projects.
[9] Vintage Tomorrows, a documentary about the movement, interviewed him at the 2012 event, which he described as "an interactive art experience"[10] The film quotes him encouraging people to engage with technology, make it, break it, and reinvent it.