Diane Montgomery is Professor Emerita of Education at Middlesex University, London, where she was formerly Dean of the Faculty of Education and Performing Arts. She is a qualified and experienced teacher, teacher educator and chartered psychologist.She has authored 45 books, many journal articles, and several chapters in books. She is an acknowledged world expert on giftedness, dual and multiple exceptionality (DME) and underachievement. In 2019, she was awarded the 'Above and Beyond' Lifetime Achievement Award for her contribution to this field. Her associated research on reading and dyslexia, which was primarily concerned with improving teaching and learning, was the subject of her PhD.From 1993 until 2010, she wrote and tutored three distance-learning MA programmes for Middlesex University in special educational needs, specific learning difficulties, and gifted education. She has led the independent Learning Difficulties Research Project since 1981.