Peter Chika lives in Houston and is the winner of international writing prizes including the Amex Bank Review Awards (special merit) and the Shell-Economist Prize (bronze). Of his half-dozen degrees, he considers an MSc from Oxford and a Ph.D. from London his favorites. He writes short stories in his spare time - on planes, in cafes, anywhere and everywhere - and has been published in anthologies such as Tunnel of Lost Stories and Dear Leader Tales.