J.O.A. Rayner-Hilles is an independent researcher and software engineer based in Caterham in Surrey. He was born there in 1995 and has a degree in Information Technology from Greenwich University in London. Rayner-Hilles is an Associate Member of the British Computer Society. He is the author of the GSS Python Simulator used to make the predictions in this book. He works with Dutton behind the scenes on his internet channel The Jolly Heretic. The Past is a Future Country is his first book.