After reading Modern History at Oxford, Roy Peachey went on to study English at the Open University, Lake District Studies at Lancaster University, Chinese Studies at SOAS, University of London, and Theology at the University of Nottingham. His other books from Angelico Press are Out of the Classroom and Into the World and 50 Books for Life. He lives in Surrey, UK with his wife, two children, and a small menagerie of animals.