Stuart Campbell was a university Pro-Vice Chancellor and a Professor of Linguistics before he took up writing fiction in 2011. His books include the novels, An Englishman's Guide to Infidelity, Cairo Mon Amour, Bury me in Valletta, The Sunset Assassin and The True History of Jude, as well as the novella Ash on the Tongue. He is also the author of numerous academic works on Arabic-English translation, and on the Arabic component in Malay and Indonesian. Stuart was born in London but has lived in Sydney for many years.