Stephen Holgate is a fifth-generation Oregonian who served as a diplomat for American embassies on four continents. In addition to his Foreign Service posts, Mr. Holgate has served as a congressional staffer, headed a committee staff of the Oregon State Senate, acted with the national tour of an improvisational theater group, worked as a crew member on a French barge, and lived in a tent while working as a gardener in Malibu. Tangier, his first novel, gained critical acclaim, and made Bookreaders ten-best list in the Indie Mystery/Suspense category. His second novel, Madagascar, has met with similar critical success, receiving a coveted starred review from Publishers Weekly, a nomination from Forward Reviews as Best Book of the Year in the fiction category, as well as another listing from Bookreaders among the ten best Mystery/Suspense novels of the year. He lives with his wife, Felicia, in Portland, Oregon.