All about the author ( formally Krystian Domaradzki ) K. P. Dawes

MY BIO

I was born Krystian Peter Domaradzki in Communist Poland in 1979. Remember the USSR? My earliest memories are of tear gas, martial law, and strawberries for some reason. After my parents were blacklisted for being members of the Solidarity movement, we picked up and moved first to France and then the United States. Just between us, both countries are equally arrogant.

Ever since my sixth year I have lived and worked in Chicago.

I went to Loyola University Chicago where I learned how to drink, question everything until life has no meaning, drink some more, and most importantly, that actions have consequences.

Currently I teach History at a local higher ed institution and do some freelance editing when I can get my hands on it.

My interests are fiction and nonfiction, faith and hypocrisy, feminism and socialism, the rightness of being, the viewpoint that maybe we are all right most of the time and wrong just as often. I like seeing people I know succeed. I like to think all dreams are possible. I like to entertain the notion that I will live forever, but looking forward to seeing what's next. Good wine and good talk. Good arguments. Laughter.

I'd rather fly than be invisible. If I could have dinner with anyone it would be Eugene Debs, Johnny Cash, Marshall McLuhan, Mark Twain, Kurt Vonnegut and a short list of other dead talkers, drinkers and smokers.

Currently I am working on getting Banana Chip out into the marketplace and have already begun my next novel.

Have questions? Hate mail? Chain letters? Please contact me here.







MY BIO I was born Krystian Peter Domaradzki in Communist Poland in 1979. Remember the USSR? My earliest memories are of tear gas, martial law, and strawberries for some reason. After my parents were blacklisted for being members of the Solidarity movement, we picked up and moved first to France and then the United States. Just between us, both countries are equally arrogant. Ever since my sixth year I have lived and worked in Chicago. I went to Loyola University Chicago where I learned how to drink, question everything until life has no meaning, drink some more, and most importantly, that actions have consequences. Currently I teach History at a local higher ed institution and do some freelance editing when I can get my hands on it. My interests are fiction and nonfiction, faith and hypocrisy, feminism and socialism, the rightness of being, the viewpoint that maybe we are all right most of the time and wrong just as often. I like seeing people I know succeed. I like to think all dreams are possible. I like to entertain the notion that I will live forever, but looking forward to seeing what's next. Good wine and good talk. Good arguments. Laughter. I'd rather fly than be invisible. If I could have dinner with anyone it would be Eugene Debs, Johnny Cash, Marshall McLuhan, Mark Twain, Kurt Vonnegut and a short list of other dead talkers, drinkers and smokers. Currently I am working on getting Banana Chip out into the marketplace and have already begun my next novel. Have questions? Hate mail? Chain letters? Please contact me here. Copyright @ K. P. Dawes, 2006-2008 (about me photo by Vesna)