Cibrario, Dominic

Nick Cibrario, the author of "The Garden of Kathmandu Trilogy," traveled to Nepal four times. This beautiful Himalayan Kingdom is the setting of his novels, "The Pomelo Tree," "The Harvest" and "The Shamans." Nick first went to Nepal with the Peace Corps, where he taught high school from 1962-1964. He was intriqued by the Nepalese language, culture, and religion (Buddhism and Hinduism), which he incorporates into his trilogy. In 1976 Nick took a sabbatical from teaching English at William Horlick High School in Racine, Wisconsin. He returned to Nepal where he spent a year writing "The Pomelo T...