Grahame Kerr lived as a child in Singapore just after the end of the Second World War and his family had an association with the Island for nearly 25 years. The author in his caree...view moreGrahame Kerr lived as a child in Singapore just after the end of the Second World War and his family had an association with the Island for nearly 25 years. The author in his career worked for many years in universities before setting up a successful employment advocacy business. He was a magistrate and lay judge for some 28 years. He has contributed for many years to charities concerned with domestic abuse and protection from violence.
He wrote his first novel, The Opportunist, about events in the First World War. His second novel, Don’t Stand Under the Pili Nut Tree, is part of a trilogy about the epic events of 1940–1945 in Singapore.view less