Author of KIRINS Fantasy Trilogy

Opening line: "The most startling thing about a gronom is its face--or more precisely, the absence of one."

Storyline: A race of tiny, magical beings lives on Earth today. They dwell in elaborate tree homes and mysterious underground sanctuaries. Because of an ancient dispute, however, humans are unaware of their hidden civilization. They are kirins.

James D. Priest majored in English at Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota. He studied English in the masters program and received a Doctor of Medicine degree at the University of Minnesota. He spent three years in Japan as a physician in the Army of the United States caring for casualties from Viet Nam, and four years in orthopedic residency at Stanford University. He practiced orthopedics in Minneapolis for twenty-one years. He authored or co-authored approximately thirty medical articles, and received the Minnesota Medicine Outstanding Writing Award.