Lloyd Philip JohnsonLloyd Johnson is the author of Living Stones, published by Koehler Books in 2013. He is a retired surgeon who turned to fiction writing as a way to share his special interest in the Middle East. Johnson is a member of a Seattle writing group, and blos regularly on Israel/Palestine subjects. He is a Clinical Professor Emeritus at the University of Washington in the Department of Surgery, and is a Fellow in the American College of Surgeons, and past president of the Seattle Surgical Society. He authored 26 scientific articles in peer reviewed journals/texts. Johnson has worked and traveled extensively overseas, including Asia, Africa and the Middle East, and served for six years as volunteer executive director and board member of a humanitarian NGO in Central Asia. The author lives with his wife Marianne in Edmonds, Washington where they enjoy their adult children and grandchildren. Read More Read Less