Irving WarnerIrving Warner was born in Modesto, California and graduated from San Francisco's Balboa High School. He soon became involved in tournament chess, playing in the first Arthur Stamer Invitational Tournament at the Mechanics Institute. He moved to Alask in 1964 where he lived until 1996. During that time, he initially worked in fisheries research, with a brief tenure in sea bird studies. He received a degree in Biology and English from the University of Alaska, Fairbanks in 1972. Switching careers at the age of 40, he received an MA in interdisciplinary studies from the University of Maine, Orono, in 1983. Warner began teaching at Kodiak College and the University of Alaska until he took early retirement and began full time writing. Since then he has lived in Washington State and in Hawaii, and presently resides in Port Angeles, Washington. His most recent work includes THE LIFE AND TRAVELS OF SAINT CUTHWIN (Pleasure Boat Studios, 2020) and STUDENT IN THE UNDERWORLD (Livingston Press, 2020). Read More Read Less