Hello. I'm a writer and illustrator, and former rainforest biologist. I'm the author of a book with two titles, LADDERS TO HEAVEN (UK) and GODS, WASPS and STRANGLERS (USA), about the many ways fig trees have shaped our world and our species thanks to their amazing biology. I write on my blog, UNDER THE BANYAN, about forests, biodiversity and climate change — about nature and our place in it.