BA King's College Cambridge, England, in French, Italian, and Russian (language and literature)

MA King's College Cambridge, England, in French, Italian, and Russian (language and literature)

Teaching certification (CELTA)

Half American (on my mother's side) and half British (my father was part Scottish), I grew up in Egypt, Tunisia, Belgium and Laos, thanks to the British Diplomatic Service.

I've since lived in London, Berkeley, California, and Washington DC. Most of my education was in the French Lycée system, followed by a spell at a British school—to take O and A-Levels—and, subsequently, several years at King's College, Cambridge.

I've had a varied career, having worked in publishing and television/film as well as in teaching. In the early 1980s, in Washington DC, I was the Research Director for Larry King's first TV show. I later joined the National Geographic Magazine, as a researcher and writer. As well as practicing EFT, I currently work part-time teaching English as a foreign language to adults in Switzerland.