Michael Fletcher has worked in international humanitarian relief programs for 35 years, primarily with United Nations Peacekeeping and the United Nations World Food Programme. He served in Cambodia, Rwanda, Uganda, Bosnia-Herzegovina, East Timor, Israel, and Darfur-Sudan. He's lived and worked in Thailand and Cambodia, and throughout Southeast Asia since 1971. Fletcher served in the United States Army for seven years, including three years with Psychological Operations in support of the Cambodian government during the War in Vietnam. He holds a BA (Arizona State University), an MBA (Syracuse University), an MAR (Yale University), and a Doctor of Letters in Creative Writing (Drew University).