Rob Stuart was born in Germany where his father was acold warrior on the Iron Curtain. Rob has been a bookseller, civil servant,wine bar owner and a teacher of English as a Foreign language. He has taught inCyprus, Kuwait, Spain, Germany and the United Arab Emirates. He finished histeaching career as a lecturer in Academic Studies at the School of Oriental andAfrican Studies, University of London. He is now retired and divides his timebetween travelling and writing. ‘Cruisingto Komodo’ is his fifth ConradPress publication.