Chrystopher Spicer currently researches, writes and teaches the Liberal Arts on the Cairns campus of James Cook University in Queensland, Australia, situated on the tropical north- east coast close to the Great Barrier Reef. He’s finally working on a PhD about cyclones as a theme in Queensland literature. He’s written extensively about Australian and American film and history, including an acclaimed centenary biography of the actor Clark Gable and his latest book, Great Australian World Firsts, about Australians who were the first in the world to achieve in their fields.