Kiersta Recktenwald was born in New England, grew up in Saudi Arabia, PDR China, then Japan, has attended Colby College and the University of Maine.  Her main interests are philosophy, psychology, spirituality, and communication. She's mentally high-functioning autistic, essentially nonverbal, personable nonetheless, and does one-finger typing of poetry and aphorisms.  Has had scores of poems published in North America, Europe, and Australia.