PITSAPORN "KAT" PRAYUKVONG Born in Bangkok, Kat has always had a love of reading. She studied Communications at Illinois State University, being a President of Thai Students Association from 1997-98. After graduating with a B. Sc, she returned to Thailand and embarked on her first project, "Muay Thai: A Living Legacy" doing all reseach, supervising studio sessions and generally being at the helm of the whole project. She hopes to follow this up not only with two further volumes in the same series, but also with cultural oriented books.         LESLEY D. JUNLAKAN Lesley, from Manchester, England with a M. A. in English Literature, was a lecturer at Thamasat University, Bangkok. She also taught English and Cross-Cultural Communication at the National Institute of Fitness and Sports in Kagoshima Prefecture. Lesley lived in Asia (Thailand and Japan) for 16 years and was a price winner in the ANA Short Fiction Contest in 1993. She returned to Thailand in April 2000 to continue with writing.