Biography

Chester A. Kisiel received his A.B. and M.A. in Government from Brown and Harvard University and his Ph.D. in Education from the University of Chicago. He has taught at Staten Island College (CUNY) and international schools and has written, collaborated, and translated books in sociology, economics, philosophy, Jewish studies, religion, and art. He is a world traveler and public lecturer on politics and popular science (astronomy, cosmology). He is retired and lives in Gdansk, Poland with his wife and two cats (Albert Schweitzer:"there are only two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats."). His hobbies are Italian, Dante, astronomy, world history, philosophy, music and good books. His favorite authors are Dante, Shakespeare, Balzac, Stendhal, and Graham Greene. The thriller Deadly Icons featuring the unlikely hero Milton is the first of a series, soon to be followed by Italian Venture.