About the Author

Alan Fraser is an international development consultant, at present, working in Kenya. He was with the UN in New York for eight years and maintains a home in Westchester County for his estranged family. He is domiciled in Scotland. Born in the British military sector of Berlin, he spent his formative years in West Germany. After his German mother left him, he grew up in Edinburgh. He ran away from his domineering father, joining the army as a private (back to his childhood environment!). He fought his way to university, married and had four children.