Lucas Stewart spent twelve years collecting memories in Qatar, Iraq, Brunei, Philippines, Indonesia and South Korea before moving to Burma in 2011. He is currently employed as the British Council's literature advisor where he works with former literary prisoners on a project to support freedom of expression in ethnic minority language literature from post-conflict states. Commissioned by English Pen, Swedish Pen, Arts Professional and other publications, he is currently working on a political travelogue charting the effects of democratic and military transition on Burma's writers. [Creative non-fiction]