Bob Hill arrived in Thailand, his adopted home, in the early 1990s, intent on continuing a long career in film and television production. The transition from Australia and his native New Zealand had the unexpected effect of forcing him to depend upon what he claims was always his finest skill: writing. As a freelance writer and editor based in Chiang Mai, Thailand, he has mixed newspaper and magazine writing with editing scholarly works, much of it concerning the advances of the agricultural and natural sciences in Southeast Asia.