Originally from Colorado, KIRSTEN IMANI KASAI, has lived in places as diverse as Newark, New Jersey, East Hampton, New York, Bradford and Penzance, England and a windowless cubby beneath the stairs in a San Francisco flat crowded with ten roommates, four iguanas, three cats, two German exchange students, and a bald illegal Irishwoman, none of whom possessed a front door key. Before having children, she moved to a new city every six months, indulging her taste for novelty. She has traveled extensively within the US and spent time in the Netherlands, Greece and the UK. She lives in California with her husband and children.