Barclay Cox was born in Brisbane, Australia in 1965. His professional life began as a secondary mathematics teacher and, as interests and priorities changed, he spent time home schooling children living too far from school to attend daily. It was during this time that the author wrote what was to become his first published story. Originally it was a writing activity to encourage the students to write their own stories. The author became "carried away" by the creative juices and "Time for Adventure" was the result.