Grant Dawson earned a Bachelor of Arts in Classics from Columbia College in New York City; a Juris Doctor from Georgetown University Law Centre in Washington, DC; and a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in international environmental law from Groningen University Faculty of Law in the Netherlands. Dr. Dawson has served in a variety of legal positions in academia, non-governmental organizations, private practice, government, and international organizations. He has researched, written, published, and lectured on a wide range of international legal topics. This is his first work of fiction.