George Lakon

George Stratigakis, who also writes under the pen name George Lakon, has been published in multiple journals including, North Dakota Quarterly, The Wisconsin Review, Thimble Literary, Quiddity International, The Innisfree Poetry Journal, The Tipton Poetry Journal, The American Aesthetic, and other journals. He is a contributor to the American Journal of Contemporary Hellenic Issues and edits the Simplified for Modern Readers series of classic short stories. He was born in Sparti, Greece, immigrated to the U.S. at age ten, has degrees in Literature and Education, and has taught at high schools and universities both in the U.S. and abroad. He is the author of Knowing and Writing English: In Forty Pages and Six Steps and the thriller American Apocalypse.