Derick van der Walt has been in the corporate communication business for many years. He is the owner of Greenpepper Communication, a communication consultancy that has been producing corporate publications, printed and electronic for many years. Derick is a journalist by trade and is he has a BA (Hons) in Communication and an MA (cum laude) in creative writing from the University of Pretoria. He is editor of two agricultural magazines.
He writes creatively in his spare time. He has won numerous awards for his books, among others, the Sanlam Prize (three times), the MER Prize (twice), the Scheepers Prize, an ATKV Veertjie as well as an international Ibby award. He is co-founder and director of the SA Publication Forum.