Glenn Martin (1950- ) grew up in Sydney, Australia. As a young adult he left the city and ended up in a bush valley outside of Kyogle in northern New South Wales. He lived there for twenty years before coming back to Sydney. He has worked at many occupations: high school teacher, psychiatric nurse, community development worker, social researcher, and manager of community-sector organisations. Later he became a professional writer on management, employment law, training and development, and business ethics. He has been an editor of professional and academic publications. He has also been a lecturer in business ethics and human resource management, and an instructional designer for online tertiary education courses.