Bandara Herath (Elementary Sinhala, 2007) received his B.A.(Honors) in Sinhala (Second Class Upper Division) in 1986 from the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. He is currently working on a masters and a doctorate degree in Sinhala at the same university.

Herath works as a lecturer at Cornell University N.Y. and as a Sinhala Language Instructor/Cross Cultural Coordinator at the Intercollegiate Sri Lanka Education (ISLE) Program in Kandy, Sir Lanka. He has also worked as a lecturer at the University of Ruhuna Matara Sri Lanka (1988-1998) and Sinhala Language Instructor with the US Peace Corps Sri Lanka (1988-1990). He has authored an English Sinhala dictionary, a Sinhala phrase book, The Sinhala Reading Module, The Competency Based Sinhala text Book with Ms. Kamini de Abrew; and three reading books to learn Sinhala for non-Sinhala speakers.