Kenneth W. Johnson, Ph.D., is a native of Georgia and a retired professional archaeologist/anthropologist. This is his first novel. He graduated from Georgia Southern College and received his Ph.D. at the University of Florida in 1991.

He taught anthropology and geography for twenty-three years at Thomas College/Thomas University and at Georgia Gwinnett College, the newest college in the University System of Georgia, retiring as Associate Professor of Anthropology in 2017. He and wife Leslie live in Thomasville. His next novel will be an archaeology mystery.