Bob Rich is an Australian storyteller with 17 published books, 5 of them award-winners. These include a science fiction novel, Sleeper, Awake, a biography, Anikó: The stranger who loved me, and a self-help book, Woodworking for Idiots Like Me. He has a Ph.D. in psychology from Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, and a Doctorate cum laude from the University of Hard Knox, which is on the Selfril Islands. Bob has retired 5 times so far, from 5 different occupations: research scientist, builder’s laborer, nurse, Director of a professional association, and psychotherapist. He is still working very busily as a writer, editor, environmental and humanitarian activist, and Professional Grandfather. Because of this last occupation, everything he does, including his writing, is designed to lead to a survivable world, and one worth surviving in.