Kent Lester

Kent Lester was born in 1953 in Moultrie, GA and attended the University of Georgia. He writes both fiction and non-fiction. During his career, Kent has worked in the construction, photography, and computer industries. He has built single family homes, worked in the CAD/CAM construction industry, and consulted with builders on accounting and estimating software.

That expertise is evident in his book, The Complete Guide to Contracting Your Home, which takes the complex process of home building and distills it down into a clear and concise plan of action. Over the years, The Complete Guide to Contracting has been used as the textbook for several construction courses and has sold over 300,000 copies, making it the industry leader.

Kent's new thriller, The Seventh Sun will be published by Forge Books, a division of Macmillan, on April 18, 2017.