Adam Aitken was born in 1960 and spent his early childhood in London, Thailand, and Malaysia, before settling in Sydney. As well as numerous articles on poetry, a PhD thesis on Asian-Australian literature, academic articles, and works of creative non-fiction, he is the author of four full length collections of poetry. His work can be found on Jacket and Poetry International Web. He recently spent a year in Cambodia working on his latest book of poems, Eighth Habitation (Giramondo Publishing, 2009). He lectures in English Language and Creative Writing at the University of Technology, Sydney.