D. NANDI ODHIAMBO is the author of three novels: diss/ed banded nations (1998), Kipligat's Chance (2003) and The Reverend's Apprentice (2008). Originally from Nairobi Kenya, Nandi moved to Winnipeg, Manitoba in the 1970s. He has an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and a PhD in English from the University of Hawai'i, Manoa. Currently, Nandi lives in O'ahu, Hawai'i, with his wife Carmen and two dogs, where he works as an Associate Professor of English at the University of Hawai'i, West O'ahu.