Julius Rowan RaperJULIUS ROWAN RAPER is the author or editor of seven published books including DEEPEST FRANCE and MYSTERIOUS DAYS (paired novels), WITHOUT SHELTER (the early life and fiction of Ellen Glasgow), and NARCISSUS FROM RUBBLE (reflections on contemporary Brtish and American Fiction). Raper has degrees from three American universities and has traveled often throughout Europe and on occasion in North Africa, Thailand, Singapore. For four years he lived and worked in Greece, the setting for the political and intimate events in ESTIA RISING. He has two grown children and one grandchild. Read More Read Less