Scott H. Lewis is an American who arrived in Kyiv, Ukraine during September 2000. Since then, he has watched the nation cast off certain vestiges of its Soviet past while clinging tenaciously to others. He is also the author of a non-fiction work, "Cruise Power: The Sail More, Pay Less Guide To Getting More From Your Cruise Vacation." A former editor of the weekly English-language Kyiv Post newspaper, Lewis is presently a public relations executive. He and his wife, Natalie, live in Kyiv.