Brian Hanson AppletonBrian Hanson Appleton was born in Tokyo, Japan in 1950, he grew up in Greece, Italy and France and worked in Iran for five years in the 1970's. He speaks English, French, Italian, Persian and Greek and graduated Phi Beta Kappa in 1972 from George Washington University with a BA in Anthropology and obtained an MA in ancient history from the International University of Fundamental Knowledge/Oxford Network Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation June 24, 2008. His master thesis was on the Hellenistic Greek influence on the Buddhist sculpture of the Ghandahar school in Afghanistan. He was knighted into the Sovereign Orthodox Order of St John Hospitaller of Jerusalem in NYC in 2008. Immorality and Immortality is the author's first venture into fiction. Author was a fine artist in Siena for 3 years 1969 to 1971 and has been a lighting designer and lightin manufacturer's representative for 39 years now. He does freelance journalism for many Iranian American publications. Read More Read Less