Arnold Zable is an award winning writer, storyteller, educator, and human rights advocate. Formerly a lecturer in the Arts Faculty in Melbourne University, Zable has worked in the USA, Papua New Guinea, China, and many parts of Europe and Southeast Asia.

His books include Jewels and Ashes (Scribe, 1991), Wanderers and Dreamers (Hyland House, 1998), Cafe Scheherazade (Text, 2001), The Fig Tree (Text, 2002) and Scraps of Heaven (Text, 2004). His latest novel Sea of Many Returns was published by Text in 2008.