Author Kim Hester has explored Middle Eastern deserts and South Pacific jungles, and the cultures they contain. From this experience, he crafts fiction that is riveting and profound, leaving the reader a better person with greater understanding of the world. He is an ex-Marine who once served as editor with the California Department of Education and teaching fellow at Stanford University. He holds a certificate in fiction writing from Gotham Writers' Workshop and a certificate in novel writing from Stanford University. He has taught at universities in the United States, Fiji, and Saudi Arabia and holds a BA and an MA in English, in addition to an MA in education. He is a member of American Mensa and lives in the Pacific Northwest with his wife Manjula who is from the Fiji Islands. His hobbies include cycling, hiking, camping, and gardening.