William Emery

William Emery Justice grew up on the grass seas of the Kansas prairie, far from boats but still prey to wind and storm. A fourth-generation Kansan, he attended the University of Kansas, where he studied Russian literature and language, German literature, and religion. He worked as a farm laborer, a pizza maker, a vacuum salesman (he didn’t sell a single machine), a roofer, a doughnut fryer, a bookbinder, a convenience store clerk (third shift), a copyist, and a video store clerk before becoming an acquisitions editor. He is the author of "Edges of Bounty: Adventures in the Edible Valley" and the children's book "Kodoku."