Navi' Robins was born in Chicago Illinois and comes from a family as diverse as the characters in his novels. At the age of 10, his family relocated to the West African country of Liberia, and while living abroad on five different continents for seven years, nourished his immersive imagination. Learning and living with diverse cultures and languages gave Navi' a unique perspective on life and self-expression that can be experienced while reading one of his novels.