Raised in Detroit and educated at Michigan State University, Laurence Eubank worked as a Peace Corps Volunteer in India and thumbed around Asia before embarking on a career as carpenter, builder, real estate developer and corporate advisor in Maine, spliced with a four-year stint as an investment banker in Russia and New York. A transoceanic sailor who twice bicycled across America with his son, Mr. Eubank has published several articles on sailing, international development and investing, is the author of the novel RUN DOWN THE WIND, and now lives in Santa Monica, CA, where he has two screenplays in development.