Stephen Diana is a marriage and family therapist in New London, CT — this after spending the majority of his adult life working as a biologist and a scientific writer. He discovered his love for fiction as a voracious young reader and maintains a great fondness for well-placed words and beautiful and startling turns of phrase. Stephen is a hopeless wanderer and is fascinated by all things living and wild. He is a relentless gardener, an occasional home brewer, and a former pigeon fancier, beekeeper, and falconer. He makes a pork and apple pie that is second to none. Of Leaf, Wing, and Water is his debut novel.