William J. Atkins

@williamj.atkins

About

William J. Atkins wrotehis first full-length novel after thirty years as an internationalfinancial services executive. His life experiences in internationalsales and marketing exposed him to the cultural cross currents thatfeed the characters and places in his book. He is a graduate ofHobart College, where he received a bachelors degree inphilosophy in 1975. He also studied Middle Eastern history atFranklin College in Lugano, Switzerland. In 1973, he was evacuatedfrom Eilat, Israel, days before the beginning of the Yom Kippur Warbetween Israel and Egypt. He fled to a kibbutz in Beersheba, wherehe was educated first hand about Israel's conflict with the Arabworld. William and his wife Betsy split time between homes inIndiana, the Bahamas, and Canada. He is an avid fisherman andoutdoorsman who kayaks, bikes, runs, and hikes as much as he can.