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Robert H. Kono was born in 1932, and was incarcerated in concentration camps as a child with his mother during World War II, while his father was arrested by the FBI and sent elsewhere. The family repatriated to war-torn Japan in 1946. He returned to the United States after 13 years, married, and completed his college education at the University of Washington where he earned a B.A. in English, Advanced Writing, and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He taught briefly at the university level before embarking on a career as a writer. He has written a number of works in fiction, which can be found at rhkohno.com. He is a widower with two sons and six grandchildren who live in Oregon and Utah.