'Craig Stirling' is the pseudonym of Helen Brown. She was educated in Geelong and at the University of Melbourne. She worked as an economist, transferred to Canberra and later worked at the Australian National University translating ancient Chinese chronicles. 'Craig Stirling' has travelled widely and written short stories, travel sketches, articles and reviews.
(Publisher's biographical information, The Tracks We Travel: Third Collection ed. Leslie Haylen (1965):1).