Roger OpenshawProfessor Roger Openshaw holds a Personal Chair in History of Education. He had six years' teaching experience in New Zealand primary and intermediate schools prior to gaining his doctorate in History. He subsequently became a university researcher ad teacher. He remains active in researching New Zealand's social and political history. In regards to fiction, he is a co-author (with Adrian (Bill) Phillips) of The War That Was Not. Published by Austin Macauley in 2016, this first novel has as its main theme, an unfortunate declaration of war by New Zealand on Nazi Germany during the 1938 Munich crisis. Professor Openshaw has also written/co-written/edited/co-edited over 20 national and international books, together with over 50 articles and book chapters. This, his latest book, is the author's first venture into science fiction. Read More Read Less