Novelist, poet, DR. Joseph R. Alila was born in Ndhiwa, Nyanza, Kenya. A scientist by training, JR Alila often escapes into the world of fiction and poetry. He is the author of such novels as SUNSET ON POLYGAMY, BIRTHRIGHT, THE MILAYI CURSE, WHISPER TO MY ACHING HEART and THE WISE ONE OF RAMOGILAND, all of which visit various aspects of Luo cultural conflicts. He also has written Christian culture in the two fiction novella THE CHOIRMASTER and SINS OF OUR HEARTS. JR Alila has captured his world journey and Diaspora experiences in the political-cum cultural novels NOT ON MY SKIN, THE AMERICAN POLYGAMIST, THE LUO DREAMERS' ODYSSEY: FROM THE SUDAN TO AMERICA, and MAYA As a poet his voice can be heard in THIRTEEN CURSES ON MOTHER AFRICA and RATENG' AND BRIDE (All titles are available @ Amazon and Barnes and Noble).