Dr Robert Bircher is an author and consultant in the field of educational publishing. Since completing his doctorate (Oxon, 1998) in historical geography, Dr Bircher has dedicated his career to authoring, commissioning, developing and publishing high-quality educational materials for History and Geography courses in the UK and internationally. As a consultant, he has been involved in a wide range of projects, including training editors working on Kazakh-language primary textbooks, advising on diversity and decolonization of History publishing, editing a primary series of books on ancient civilizations and, most recently, a publishing project on Indigenous American history. He lives and works in Hereford, near the border with Wales.
J. K. Jackson (General Editor) has written, edited and contributed to over 20 books. Related works include studies of Babylonian creation myths, the philosophy to time and William Blake's use of mythology in his visionary literature.