Robert Hood was born on the 24th of July, 1951, in Rydalmere, NSWIn 1970. Rob began studying for his degree in Eng. Lit. and to be an English teacher. He attended Macquarie University, where he 1st wrote a non-autobiographical story. Rob now has well over 100 stories published, as well as two collections of his own work, several novels and a heap of kid's books. He currently lives with his partner Cat Sparks and a number of small-c cats on the Illawarra Coast.