Steve LeinerRaised in New York City suburbs then shuttled off to college, Steve Leiner subsequently: drove a truck for a Boston warehouse; hitchhiked and lived over three years in Europe on a shoestring budget (learned Swedish, French, Greek); taught English thre years in Thailand (learned Thai); entered graduate school to switch careers, then ran an emergency room as a nurse practitioner in remote Appalachia (1981-86); trained health workers in El Salvador's villages and shantytowns (1986-90, during its civil war). Settled since in San Francisco where he and his wife raised two daughters, he currently provides both primary care and HIV specialty care in a community clinic serving low-income monolingual Latino immigrants."The Honest Truth" is his first book. Outside of college and graduate school, his writings have consisted of informal travel narratives through the 1970s and 1980s, then peer-reviewed medical articles since 1990, including letters published in premier medical journals. Read More Read Less