As journalist/academic/foreign service officer, Pat Sharpe has lived, worked or traveled extensively in all these countries. She has also published three collections of poetry: "A Partial Rainbow Makes No Sense," "Baraka: The Indus Valley Poems" and "The Danger is Seduction." She was principal translator for "Four Walls and A Black Veil," a collection by Pakistani poet Fahmida Riaz. "Driving under the Influence: Two Novellas and a Short Story, will appear shortly.