I'm a New Zealander and graduated MA in English from Victoria University of Wellington. I was a professional opera singer in Austria for five years, a teacher at the University of Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) for three years and a lector in English at the University of Cologne for five years. While working there I completed the degree of Dr. phil. at the University of Wuppertal. I spent ten years teaching English and translation studies at the University of Applied Sciences in Cologne before returning to Wellington, where I now work as a freelance translator, writer and editor. In recent years I have specialised in art (catalogues, magazines etc.) but over the years I have worked on medical, legal and commercial texts as well. I've published two books of poetry.