Vicki Hollett is the author of a number of professional English courses for Oxford University Press, including Business Objectives and Business Opportunities, both first prize winners in the English Speaking Union's Duke of Edinburgh Book Competition. Vicki wrote the first book in the Tech Talk series, and co-authored the other two. She also wrote two levels of the Quick Work series and was the lead author of the In at the Deep End writing team. She has also worked on three Oxford video courses, including Meeting Objectives. Vicki is a graduate of Reading and Essex universities and she has taught English in Japan, Algeria, and the UK. She has been a trainer for the LCCI Diploma in Teaching English for Business and run many workshops for teachers throughout Europe, Asia, and South America. She now lives in the USA where she teaches at the University of Pennsylvania.