Robert Raymer, a long time resident of Penang, teaches Creative Writing in Universiti Sains Malaysia, has published over 200 articles, 80 short stories in such publications as Literary Review, Press, Aim, London Magazine, Staple, My Weekly, Paris Transcontinental, Kunapipi, Going Down Swinging, Northern Perspective and Mattoid. Lovers and Strangers, a collection of his Malaysian-set stories, was published by Heinemann Asia in 1993. He has also been a stage manager for Penang Players and was an extra in four films: Indochine, Beyond Rangoon, Paradise Road and Anna and the King. He is currently rewriting a novel set in Penang.