Bill Ashcroft is Emeritus Professor at the University of New South Wales. He is a renowned critic and theorist, founding exponent of post-colonial theory, and author of 21 books and over 200 articles and chapters. Co-editor of The Post-Colonial Studies Reader, co-author of The Empire Writes Back, the first text to offer a systematic examination of the field of postcolonial studies. Gareth Griffiths is Emeritus Professor at the University of Western Australia. He has published widely in the field of post-colonial literatures and literary theory Co-editor of The Post-Colonial Studies Reader, co-author of The Empire Writes Back, the first text to offer a systematic examination of the field of postcolonial studies. He has published many books and over seventy articles and chapters on literary and cultural topics with an emphasis on post-colonial writing and culture.. Helen Tiffin is Adjunct Professor at the University of Wollongong. Co-editor of The Post-Colonial Studies Reader, co-author of The Empire Writes Back, the first text to offer a systematic examination of the field of postcolonial studies. She has authored or edited eight books and over eighty articles and chapters on post-colonial literatures, literary theory, and animal and environmental subjects.