Robert Klose is a native of New Jersey but has been living in Maine since 1981. He teaches biology at University College of Bangor. He is the single father of two adoptive sons, from Russia and Ukraine, and a regular contributor of essays to The Christian Science Monitor. His work has also appeared in Newsweek, The Boston Globe, Reader's Digest, Exquisite Corpse, and elsewhere. He is a four-time winner of the Maine Press Association's annual award for opinion writing.