: P.Zbar has spent decades exploring the world, studying ancient languages, art, poetry, natural history, and Chinese calligraphy. Though he has published many books on a wide range of topics, he believes an "established" writing persona shadows the reader's imagination and artificially places the author on a self-limiting path. P.Zbar is the name he has chosen for this work. He lives in Washington, D.C.
Philip Z. Trupp is an aquanaut for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. He was the first journalist/explorer to live and work beneath the sea in Hydrolab, America's first underwater habitat. An elected Fellow of the Explorer's Club, he is the author of numerous books and writes for many national and international magazines. He lives in Washington, D.C.
