Philip M. Bonello is an author and retired educator . His career in education spanned almost 40 years; he started off as a teacher in a number of schools throughout Malta, before going on to becoming a Guidance Teacher and assistant headmaster. Later on in his career, Bonello was appointed Health and Safety Officer, as well as Assistant Director (Service Manager) within the iSchools Resources Management Department. After his retirement in 2010, Bonello began fulfilling his lifelong dream of becoming a writer, and has since written children’s stories and a memoir of his childhood in Valletta, “Jien Niftakar il-Belt”.