Richard McRoberts has a BA (English) from Monash University (Melbourne) and a Masters in Education (Literacy and Literature) from Melbourne University. He was a teacher for 23 years. He is a published author, with more than 100 titles to his credit. In addition to being the publisher at Wizard Books, he was the English publisher at Cambridge University Press for some years, producing some 50 books. Ziptales, set up in 2002, was his concept.