Werner Richter is an Extraordinary Professor of Physics at the University of the Western Cape, near Cape Town, and an Honorary Research Associate at iThemba LABS, with theoretical nuclear physics as speciality. He has had an interest in Creative Writing since student days, when he obtained a Certificate of Recognition for Creative Writing from the Famous Writer’s School in Westport, Connecticut after completing a four-year course. He has many interests which include wine, cooking, tour guiding, piano, and studying languages. In 2012 he started a touring company, Gems of SA Tours, which aims to introduce visitors to the true gems of Southern Africa ([email protected]; www.gemsofsatours.co.za).