David Poulter was born in 1965 in the U.K. He studied and gained a degree in Fine Art at Bretton College - Leeds University. He still practices painting, see:
http://www.yessy.com/david1poulter/
He lived in Ireland for over 10 years and taught art at Davis Vocational College,
Mallow. After a prolonged illness he moved to Taiwan in 2004 where he wrote "The
Idiot". He now resides there and visits New Zealand for ecological pursuits.