Chet Green was a U.S. Navy Journalist in SE Asia during the Vietnam War.  Afterward, as an English/ journalism major at the University of Michigan, a course in cultural anthropology left him intrigued.  Then a magazine feature about Ethiopia’s Afar nomads hooked him.  And so, after graduating in 1973, he went to see these people but returned to the African Horn through the rest of the decade to visit other desert cultures, photographing and chronicling as he went, often trekking on foot or by camel.  Various military and outlaw elements were encountered, and his experiences with them inspired much in the novel.

Following Africa, he became on-camera/off-camera commercial talent between Detroit and Washington, DC. A stint in TV news eventually led to a spot as a reporter in a Clint Eastwood movie.

He can be reached at chetgreen@theplaysoldier.com.