Gareth Calway taught in secondary schools for 27 years, leading departments for twelve of them. He is now a NATE (the National Association for the Teaching of English) consultant who regularly runs workshops and seminars at NATE conferences, as well as touring workshops to schools at all stages. He has written and published resources for English (and media) since Creative Language in the late 80s, often specializing in poetry and the Victorian novel. He is a regular resource writer for Oxford University Press's Rollercoaster Series, producing detailed schemes of work for popular novels. He is a series writer and editor for Harper Collins resources and contributed to Hodder's Living Literature and Language series. He is an examiner for exam boards in England and Wales. Apart from English, he has led drama and expressive arts departments, founded and led a media studies department and taught lots of history. Since retiringA" he has published a comic novel about schooldays called River Deep Mountain High. His one-man show Tales Out Of School played at the 2007 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and he continues to tour shows as well as offer workshops to schools.