The author, Stephen E. Dew, is veteran of 33 years from the Australian telecommunications industry. He obtained an associate diploma in engineering in 1997, and he achieved several units towards a graduate certificate in management in 2004. Having relocated to his home town, Perth, after 5 years in Melbourne writing strategic papers for his business unit, he settled in Bedford and began writing as a hobby. In 2008, he left the telecommunications sector and traveled SE Asia. He finally settled in Cambodia where he obtained TESOL qualifications in 2010 and a graduate diploma in EAM in 2011. He now teaches English academic writing to Khmer ESL students at a well renowned university in Phnom Penh. He has written 4 books on academic writing skills for ESL students. The author is married and enjoys teaching, writing, and time with his family which are three of passions.