The Oily Land was written under the pseudonym of Swift Starr, who is a publishing consultant and product development specialist, producer, scriptwriter, direct-marketing consultant, poet, book coach and information literacy professional, performer, instructor, working with poetry, stories, visual art and music, with experience of running festivals to bring different sectors of the community together to celebrate music, drama, literature and visual arts.
He also run training and workshop mainly with children, but also with other groups of adult, in creative expression for confidence building and consciousness raising on social issues, being a vendor to the information industry, specializing in printing, publishing, packaging, audio and video duplication, private label manufacturing of every imaginable product, telemarketing services, premiums and software.