About the Author

Gary D. Conrad lives with his wife, Sheridan, and their dogs, Karma and Buddy, in Edmond, Oklahoma. Gary is an emergency and integrative physician, and his interests include Tibetan rights, meditation, the music of Joseph Haydn, organic gardening, choral work and wilderness hiking.

Accompanied by his wife, he made an expedition to Tibet and Japan in 2008 to gather first-hand information for The Lhasa Trilogy.