Julian Edgar

Julian Edgar worked as a secondary school teacher for eight years before leaving teaching and becoming a full-time technical writer.

He edited a national Australian automotive print magazine before becoming editor of AutoSpeed, an online car magazine. He also wrote extensively for Silicon Chip, an electronics hobbyist magazine, while contributing articles to publications in Australia, the UK and the US.

In addition to writing about automotives, he has written books on technical topics as diverse an energy efficient house design, small-wheeled bicycles, loudspeaker design and engineering history.

He has also worked at Executive Level in the Australian Public Service. Formal qualifications include a Diploma in Teaching (Secondary), Bachelor of Education and Graduate Diploma in Journalism.

He has an extensive home workshop that is equipped with a hoist; lathe; mill; MIG, TIG and oxy welding gear; metal folder and other tools.

Julian lives in an owner-built passive solar house in a hamlet 80 kilometres north of Canberra, Australia. He is married to Georgina and they have a son, Alexander, who is 21 years old. Also in the family are one cat, three sheep and five chooks!