Vincent Gilvarry is an Australian author and he will be the first to admit that he is not particularly fond of a structured approach to creativity, and when he does sit down to write, the ideas just flow. Unlike many authors who prepare their work in detail, he just goes for it. He usually gets an idea in his head at three o'clock in the morning, and pecks away at it, just to see what will happen, and after a while the magic kicks in, and the story tells him where to go. He has qualifications in the arts and psychology and has had a variety of jobs over the years. One of those was an opportunity to work in an art program in a psychiatric hospital in Melbourne for six years, but in the year 2000, his life took a detour down a somewhat different path. One fine summer day, the Muse of Art and Crafts packed her bags and waved goodbye, but a few moments later, her twin sister, the Muse of the Written Word popped her head around the door, and she has been whispering in his ear ever since.