Stephen Holgate has led a varied life. In addition to serving as a diplomat in American embassies overseas, he has: worked as a congressional staffer; acted with the national tour of an improvisational theater group; served as a crew member of a barge on the canals of France; and lived in a tent while working as a gardener in Malibu. His novel "Tangier" received the Silver Medal in Fiction from the Independent Publishers group and made Bookreaders ten-best list in the Indie Mystery/Suspense category. "Madagascar", met with similar critical success, receiving a coveted starred review from Publishers Weekly as well as another listing from Bookreaders among the ten best Mystery/Suspense novels of the year. Contact Stephen Holgate at: StephenHolgateWrite.com