Simon Middlemas is a writer from the UK. He tried to kill his love of words with an ill-advised PhD in sport psychology, but remarkably, it survived. Simon combines a 'grown up' job as a lecturer and consultant with travel, surfing, books and telling his dog, Etta, to get off the furniture. He lives with his wife, Heidi, in Karitane, home of Plunket nurses and yellow poo.