Muller was born in
Kandy, the eldest in a family of thirteen. Dismissed from three schools, Muller was finally educated at prestigious
Royal College, Colombo. He started his first job as a weighbridge clerk at the Mosajee's Wystevyke Mill in Colombo, thereafter he joined the
Royal Ceylon Navy and served as a
signalman for four years. He then spent four months in the
Ceylon Signal Corps, before being discharged as unfit for duty. He then joined the
Colombo Port Commission as a signalman in the pilot station. Two years later he joined a new advertising agency established by Tim Horshington. This started his writing career working in advertising, travel and entertainment, before moving into journalism in Ceylon, Dubai and Bahrain. He served as vice-president for international sales at the Export Centre in Sharjah in 1970s with Fred Pettera and later joined Expo Centre Sharjah as part of the management team led by Fasahat Ali Khan under the ownership of Sharjah Chamber of Commerce and industry in 1992. He worked for the Times of Oman during the Gulf war before returning to Sri Lanka due to ill health. He went on to briefly serve in the
Ceylon Army and later joined the (?) as a signals officer. == Bibliography ==