Born in Albany, New York, and a graduate of Dartmouth and Columbia University, John Kimmey has spent most of his life teaching and writing in the South. His stories have appeared in such magazines as “North American Review,†“Cimarron,†“Image,†and “Confrontation.†He has published the fictional novels “Mussolini's Gold,†“Poet in the Code Room,†“Dante's War,†and “A Deadly Mission.†His non-fiction includes edited anthologies of tragedy and satire, a critical study of Henry James and London, and a monograph of 17th century poetry. He was an English professor at the University of South Carolina for over 40 years.