BIOGRAPHY

I'm not convinced that anyone reads biographies unless they are in a bookstore with a glossy cover and happen to be about someone very famous. Since this is not one of those biographies, I'll keep it short.

I was born in Toronto, Canada. I was kidnapped by my parents at the age of six and relocated to Madrid, Spain. I attended a wierd school run by someone who was a dead ringer for Miss Jean Brody. At the age of 12, we moved to the UK for a short period and then to Vancouver, Canada. I got the shock of my little life when my father, a writer, decided to go "native" and we settled on a piece of land out in Surrey where he proceeded to farm chickens and other stuff. I think I can trace most of my neurosis back to that time.

Then back to London, where I got sent to boarding school. That didn't really last. I kept running away and was finally deemed 'unsuitable' for boarding school life. If my personality hadn't totally fragmented in Surrey, my year at boarding school fractured whatever intact pieces were left. On a lighter note, I learned quite a bit about how to get off with girls.

I've moved quite a bit throughout my life. I've done a lot of very strange jobs, too. I've been living for the last seven years in Southeast Asia.

I teach here, design here, and write here. I have a housekeeper who makes me endless glasses of iced coffee and you can get valium over the counter. What more would anyone want?

100 things about me