<p style="font-style:normal; font-weight:normal">I have an honours degree in Mathematics from the Open University and taught in Scotland before gaining an M.A. in English Literature.</p><p style="font-style:normal; font-weight:normal">I taught English to O Level International GCSE Cambridge students for 14 years in Pakistan and was Head of Department there.</p><p style="font-style:normal; font-weight:normal"></p><p style="font-style:normal; font-weight:normal">My Haiku on <em>Cultural Diversity</em><em> i</em>s published in UNESCO’S Cultural Report 2000. My story of <em>B</em><em>ig Samson</em><em> The Big Lion</em><em> </em>(in a much shorter form) was accepted for publication by Oxford University Press, but never published for technical reasons.</p><p style="font-style:normal; font-weight:normal"></p><p style="font-style:normal; font-weight:normal">Currently, I have published about 12 e-books on the teaching of English, novels, short stories and poetry. My Spelling book was ranked number 1 in its category on Amazon.</p><p style="font-style:normal; font-weight:normal"></p><p style="font-style:normal; font-weight:normal">My interests include chess, badminton, bridge and astronomy.</p><p>(Pervaiz Salik)</p>
