David StephensDavid Stephens was born in 1950, in Woking, Surrey. He graduated in 1972 from the University of Reading with a degree in Modern History & Politics and went on to gain a PGCE at the University of Southampton, picking up his M.Ed. in 1976 and PhD in 192 - both from the University of Exeter. He has worked in Afghanistan, Laos, Kenya and Sierra Leone as a professor and researcher, spending the past six years in Lima, Peru. He is the eldest of five siblings, son of two teachers, and author of Purely Academic: A Satire, The Disappeared and Under Andean Skies: Living and Writing in Peru. He is a snazzy and natty former Ten Pound Pom who has filled his life with an awful lot of adventure. Read More Read Less