A Chicago native, Lornett B. Vestal served in the U.S. Navy and traveled the world before attending the University of Chicago. An environmentalist, social worker, and politics junkie, he runs the Evolving Man Project, a website centered on promoting social change through insightful discussion, activism, and idea sharing. Lornett collaborated with his partner, Berneta L. Haynes, to co-write his first novel, <em>Eve and the Faders, </em>which debuted in January 2021.