Ronald Oliver is a writer and educator with a master´s and doctoral degree in Counselor Education - the latter from Texas A.& M. at Commerce. He was an early researcher and writer in the field of bullying and violence prevention and in partnership with John Hoover, PhD, he co-wrote two books on the subject of bullying prevention, i.e. The Bullying Prevention Handbook, published through Solution Tree Press of Bloomington, Indiana. His work experience is in social work, mental health counseling and university instruction. He first became interested in creative writing while in college and has since turned to writing novels - mainly concerning adventure, travel and suspense. He lives in Cali, Colombia.