Phil Karber

Phil Karber is an award-winning travel writer whose passion to see the world

and experience other cultures began as a young man in the army, stationed

for two years in northern Thailand during the Vietnam War. He has traveled

to over 125 countries, most of them in the developing world. He began writ-

ing in 1996 after a successful career in business. As a fifth-generation native

of Arkansas, he has been greatly influenced by coming of age amid the social

injustices of the Jim Crow South. Devoted to fighting world hunger, poverty,

and disease through writing and his involvement with World Neighbors,

where he was formerly a trustee, Karber has lived in Nairobi, Kenya; Hanoi,

Vietnam; Bangkok, Thailand; and East London, South Africa. He currently

resides in Cambridge, Massachusetts. When not traveling, he spends time

with his four granddaughters, Parker, Suzi, Lila, and Mabyn.