I B HippeRaised in Alaska and educated in the Pacific Northwest, I. B. Hippe holds a bachelor's degree in English and minors in Japanese and Writing. He's particularly fascinated by doors, gates, and old, dilapidated things, and firmly believes that a healthymind is not achievable without a healthy body (and vice versa). If you were to ask him his guilty pleasures, he'd say coffee, sparkling water, and in the cold, dead of winter, a good heater. He currently lives in Japan with his wife and son. Read More Read Less