Formerly a bar owner, a criminal defense investigator, and an English teacher,
James Kestrel is now an attorney practicing throughout the Pacific. His writing has
won advance praise from Stephen King, James Patterson, Dennis Lehane, Lee Child,
Meg Gardiner, James Fallows, Pico Iyer, and numerous other authors. A sailor and
world traveler, Kestrel has lived in Taiwan, New Orleans, and a West Texas ghost
town. He lives in Volcano, Hawaii.