Christian Dietz-Verrier was born in Bad Mergentheim in 1977. He graduated from Heidelberg University with a 1st Staatsexamen in English and Mathematics in 2004. During his studies, he spent a year as a Language Assistant in the Scottish Borders. In 2006, he completed his teacher's training in Heidelberg with a 2nd Staatsexamen. He currently works as a Studienrat for English and Mathematics at a grammar school in Mannheim. Since his early adulthood, the author has been passionately interested in Scottish culture, language, and literature. Apart from anything Scottish, the author's academic inte...