Australian-born John Burbidge has lived and worked in Belgium, Canada, India and the United States.

For many years, he was communications director for an international NGO engaged in community and organisational development, before becoming an independent writer/editor.

His articles on a variety of subjects have appeared in magazines, newspapers, periodicals and books in several countries. He has edited volumes on civil society, rural development and memoirs, and is the author of a biography of Australian writer Gerald Glaskin. He lives with his husband in Washington State.

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