55 Weeks (ePub)

I am the offspring of two parents that worked for the U. S. diplomatic services. Neither of them were spies.

I tried to make them spies when I was a child living abroad and no matter how much I tried, they would have none of it. I think that this is where I got my imagination.

We never lived longer than three years at any one mission. I was born in Reykjavik, which I cannot remember. We moved to Venice when I was two years old, then onto Adana, Dusseldorf, Strasbourg, Barcelona, Calgary, and Saint Petersburg.

I went to Berkley for my Bachelor’s in English. I unlike Nadine did not graduate in the top five per cent of my class. I did graduate with a major in English and a minor in Political Science. One never knows when one might need to fall back on their roots.

I loved living in diplomatic missions. My parents believed in integrating my sisters and me in the local culture. I learned to speak, read and write six different languages.

Currently I am single and Nadine to some extent has become an extension of who I would like to grow up to be.

On my birth certificate, my first name is Reykjavik. Since I was three years old, everyone has called me “R.” I only answer to R. I truly do not think my parents knew that Reykjavik meant “Bay of Smokes.”

Currently I am living in New York trying to get a play produced.

My one wish is that you enjoy reading my books, as much as: I enjoy writing them.
Thank you, R Lee