Robert Beech has spent seven decades encountering a wide range of people and places: A boyhood immersed in the culture and native beauty of old Florida. An inventive career in biotechnology. Over two million miles traversing large cities and remote backwaters. The good fortune of many relationships and diverse perspectives. An accumulation of subjects and situations that opened a pathway into fictive writing.
 

Birthplace: Bradenton, Florida • Education: BS Biology, University of Miami; MT internship, Tallahassee, Florida • Member, American Society of Clinical Pathologists • Multiple patents for the diagnosis and treatment of diseases.