A native Oregonian and current Portland resident, Stephen Holgate served for two years as a diplomat with the American Embassy in Madagascar. In addition to his other Foreign Service posts, Mr. Holgate has served as a Congressional staffer; headed a committee staff of the Oregon State Senate; managed two electoral campaigns; acted with the national tour of an improvisational theater group; worked as a crew member of a barge on the canals of France; and lived in a tent while working as a gardener in Malibu.
Holgate has also published several short stories and successfully produced a one-man play, as well as publishing innumerable freelance articles. Also the author of Tangier, Madagascar is his second novel.