Lee Holz is a novelist, poet, opera fan and eclectic reader. He lived in Europe for many years, and his travels took him to more than thirty countries on five continents and a subcontinent. Lee's collected poems can be found on the web at rleeholz.com. His novels include the Bowin war-on-terror thriller series, The Sonnet Trilogy and several standalone stories. Lee lives in the country with his best-friend-lover-wife and their assorted feline buddies 'far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife.'