About the author

Geoffrey Robert

<p style="padding: 12px 0px; margin: 0px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: 'Open Sans', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3999996185303px; line-height: 23.5636367797852px;">Geoffrey Robert&nbsp;is a New Zealand-born author, journalist and former communications advisor.&nbsp;</p> <p style="padding: 12px 0px; margin: 0px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: 'Open Sans', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3999996185303px; line-height: 23.5636367797852px;">He has travelled widely, witnessing the swelling disparities in wealth and influence at the root of many of the world&rsquo;s problems. From the dazzle of Times Square to the clogged alleyways of India, the orderly streets of London to the chaotic bus stations of Kenya, the bountiful swagger of Sydney to the dirt floor poverty of Timor Leste.</p> <p style="padding: 12px 0px; margin: 0px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: 'Open Sans', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3999996185303px; line-height: 23.5636367797852px;">His love of the outdoors and passion for keeping things natural have taken him to ancient mountain trails in the Sinai, elephant watering holes in southern Africa and to the primeval rainforests of his homeland.</p> <p style="padding: 12px 0px; margin: 0px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: 'Open Sans', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3999996185303px; line-height: 23.5636367797852px;">Geoffrey&rsquo;s writing has been published in New Zealand, the United States, Canada and Australia.&nbsp;<strong style="font-size: 14.3999996185303px; line-height: 23.5636367797852px;">The Alo Release</strong><span style="font-size: 14.3999996185303px; line-height: 23.5636367797852px;"> is his first novel.</span></p>