Andrew Marshall was born in 1949 in Middlesex, near London. A long-term practitioner of meditation, he has taught and led courses and workshops in subjects aimed at enhancing the art of living since the early 1990s. Particulars of current courses and a number of articles he has written can be found on www.joyousness.org

Andrew retired from a responsible position in the legal system in 2004 and, apart from teaching and writing, he is both a student of and an instructor in t’ai chi. He lives in Staffordshire, England, with his artist wife Gloria.