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Raymond Murphy

Raymond Murphy's legendary titles are known and loved the world over, and have given literally millions of students the tools they need to tackle English grammar head-on. Raymond taught English as a foreign language for 17 years in Germany and the UK, but since 1988 has been a full-time writer of EFL materials.

He is the author of the following best-selling Cambridge titles:

Essential Grammar in Use, English Grammar in Use, Basic Grammar in Use (US Eng), Grammar in Use (US Eng)

Michael McCarthy

Michael McCarthy is Emeritus Professor of Applied Linguistics at the University of Nottingham, UK and Adjunct Professor of Applied Linguistics at both the Pennsylvania State University, USA, and the University of Limerick, Ireland. He is also co-director (with Ronald Carter) of the 5-million word CANCODE spoken English corpus project, sponsored by Cambridge University Press, at the University of Nottingham. He has lectured on language and language teaching in 37 countries and has been actively involved in ELT for 38 years.

He is the author or co-author of the following Cambridge titles:

English Phrasal Verbs in Use, English Phrasal Verbs in Use Advanced, English Vocabulary in Use Elementary, English Vocabulary in Use Upper-intermediate, English Vocabulary in Use Advanced, English Idioms in Use, English Collocations in Use, Exploring Grammar in Context, Issues in Applied Linguistics, Touchstone, Cambridge Grammar of English

He is academic consultant for the following Cambridge titles:

Cambridge Phrasal Verbs Dictionary, Cambridge Idioms Dictionary

Dr Felicity O'Dell

Dr Felicity O'Dell is a part-time tutor at the Institute of Education, University of London, where she helps to run a course in Online Education and Training. She is also chair of UCLES CAE Writing Paper and Listening Papers for the Cambridge Young Learners Tests.

She is author or co-author of over 30 EFL books including:

English Vocabulary in Use Elementary, English Vocabulary in Use Upper-intermediate, English Vocabulary in Use Advanced, Basic Vocabulary in Use, English Phrasal Verbs in Use, English Phrasal Verbs in Use Advanced, English Collocations in Use, English Idioms in Use, Games for Vocabulary Practice, Objective CAE, CAE Writing Skills

Stuart Redman

Stuart Redman has worked in English language teaching, in England and overseas, for almost 25 years. He has spent most of this time working in Private Language Schools as teacher, Director of Studies and Academic Adviser, but is now a freelance author.

He has published a number of Cambridge titles, including:

English Vocabulary in Use Pre-intermediate and Intermediate, Test Your English Vocabulary in Use Pre-intermediate and Intermediate, Vocabulary in Use Intermediate, True to Life Pre-intermediate to Upper-intermediate, Working with Words, A Way with Words Resource Pack

Ruth Gairns

Ruth Gairns has a BA and PGCE in Modern Languages. She has worked in ELT for over twenty-five years, in both the private sector and state secondary schools, and has been a teacher and teacher trainer in London for twenty years. She is an assessor for the RSA UCLES DELTA.

She is co-author of the following Cambridge titles, amongst others:

Test Your English Vocabulary in Use Pre-intermediate and intermediate, True to Life Pre-intermediate to Upper-intermediate, Working with Words

Martin Hewings

Martin Hewings is a senior lecturer in the English Department of the University of Birmingham, where he is mainly responsible for teaching academic writing and English for Specific Purposes. Since 2001 he has been co-editor of the journal English for Specific Purposes. He has also lived and taught in Sweden, Italy, Malaysia and Australia.

He is author or co-author of a number of Cambridge titles, including:

Advanced Grammar in Use, English Pronunciation in Use Advanced, Pronunciation Practice Activities, Pronunciation Plus, Pronunciation Tasks