James D. Houston is the author of seven novels, including the trilogy, Continental Drift, Love Life, and The Last Paradise, which received a 1999 American Book Award. His recent Snow Mountain Passage, described in The Washington Post as "a dignified, powerful narrative of our shared American destiny," was cited by The Post, The San Francisco Chronicle, and The Los Angeles Times as one of The Year's Best Books. Among his several nonfiction works is Farewell to Manzanar, co-authored with his wife, Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston. A true account of her family's experience during and after the World War Two internment, it is in a 65th printing from Bantam Books and a standard work in schools and colleges across the country. The Houstons live in Santa Cruz, California. For more, go to www.jamesdhouston.com