Woody Pather is a philosophy and mathematics graduate and high school tutor. His interests are varied: music, films, literature, book-collecting, and watching plants grow. He was born in the Eastern Cape but left home early to further his studies in KwaZulu-Natal. He has three brilliant and beautiful, loving and caring daughters. He and his wife Kalai, the source of his earthly existence, currently live in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal.