Matthew D KambicMatt Kambic lives and writes in Raglan, New Zealand.Everest Rising was first released in 2017 by ScienceThrillers Media, a California-based independent publisher. The novel won two awards, including the New Zealand Mountain Book & Film Festival awardfor Best Fiction. The 2021 second printing is by Chalk Hill Publishing.Matt illustrated The Walking Stick's Story (written by Alison Annals), Letter to a Weta (written by Lee Kimber), Last Voyage of the S.S. Panglossian (co-written with Matt Kennedy), and is currently writing a stage play for theater; The Sherpa & the Beekeeper Summit on Everest. The play will be performed at the Meteor Theatre in Hamilton next May, during the anniversary of Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay Sherpa's famous climb.Matt and his spouse Alison have formed Chalk Hill Publishing, and expect to launch more titles in the future. Read More Read Less