WarrenHall Crain

Contact Warren at wcrain@uw.edu.

I SPENT MOST of my boyhood at Woodstock School in India as my parents were Christian missionaries in Burma. I hold a Bachelor of Arts degree from The College of Wooster and a Master of Divinity degree from The Colgate Rochester Divinity School. I have been a U.S. Naval officer, a Christian pastor, a consultant in time management and goal setting, and a telemarketer.

I recently completed four years (2013-2017) as a United States Peace Corps Volunteer in the Kyrgyz Republic as a Visiting Professor of the English Language at Arabaev University.

My family and I lived for a number of years in Alaska before relocating to Seattle. For more than twenty years I have divided my time between India and the United States and I consider both countries home. I have taught English informally in several schools in India and Fiji. I am fluent in English, Hindi, and spoken Urdu. My Russian improved greatly during my Peace Corps service, and now I plan to brush up on my Spanish.

I have been involved, especially in India, in Rotary International's push to END POLIO NOW.

I welcome e-mails from my readers. My e-mail address is wcrain@uw.edu. You can also follow me on Facebook at fb.com/warrenhallcrain and at my website, www.warrenhallcrain.com.

"TALES FROM EARTH ORBIT" takes place in the Fourth Century of the Age of Space —that is, about three hundred years in the future — when twenty-five space colonies were built to circle the globe in an orbit about fifty miles further from Earth than the International Space Station.Each of these colonies has a population of about one million people and is a new state of one of Earth's nations. Life in these low gravity "orbitats" (orbital habitats) is both delightful and challenging TALES FROM EARTH ORBIT is a collection of fourteen short stories by and about those early colonists. [These stories, updated to include the latest information on how low gravity affects the human body, will be incorporated in my next book, SPACE AGE CHRONICLES: A FUTURE HISTORY.]

PRAISE FOR "TALES FROM EARTH ORBIT": Christopher K. Scherer writes, "WarrenHall Crain has the mind and vision of a 21st century Arthur C. Clarke. The same positive attitude about the future, a willingness to look beyond today's hazards and problems - to present us with refreshing vignettes about good people, of different personalities / backgrounds - enjoying the good things of possible futures....Thank You, WarrenHall Crain, for your vision of a future people actually look FORWARD to."

"THE MESSAGE" is a novella in which I take a whimsical look into the lives of six ordinary people ... and six extraordinary non-humans ... over the next 20 years. On the last few pages I include a utopian vision of life on Earth for the next perhaps 500 years, written by my dear friend Kiran Verma. Please read THE MESSAGE and then contact me at wcrain@uw.edu to tell me your ideas about how we can achieve the utopian future for human society and our planet that I fully believe is possible.

PRAISE FOR "THE MESSAGE": Dr. Raghav writes, " I am reading your book “The message” very carefully, just finished your first story after nice poem. Story of Joe, molly and the mysterious letter. When I was reading it, I was feeling this is a message for me by the collective consciousness. I have really so much energy, ideas and dreams to do something for incarnation of new earth. But really it is very hard to face the present human mind set and there down faces. But whenever I meet person like you, I get filled with a specific energy and power in me. Thanks for having such nice soul and kind heart of you.

And thanks for wonderful book. I like it. I don’t think that the story of Joe and molly is the real one story ha ha ha ha , but yes “the message” what the author, I mean you wanted to give, is really a message that everyone must should understand and feel. I feel purity in this story. Thanks for nice and inspiring story.

About "THE MESSAGE," Jagdish wrote, "I am a fan of THE MESSAGE, and I'm really intrigued by this model for a utopian future." Professor Almaz Abasov of Kyrgyz National University wrote, "Interesting and easy to read book and another reminder ... about probable end of days or self-destructiveness of people who forget how treacherous hi-tech advancement might be, which actually menaces their welfare on the planet." Sandra Breuer writes "THE MESSAGE is a hair-raising sci-fi thriller with a serious purpose. The author scares us, but then posits a way we Earthlings can avoid a dire fate. In spite of the frightening future he spins, WarrenHall Crain is an optimist."

About "READINGS FROM AN INDIA JOURNAL," Asia Hawkins emailed: " 'Waiting for the Rajdhani' at platform 12.... 'Devotion' at the Matangeshwar Temple, the two friends practicing their ritual for Lord Ganesh.... 'India Lays Claim to Me' -- Warren, I feel the essence of India through your colorful words."

About the novel "AASHISH 1926-2034" a reviewer has written: "Aashish Chhaturvedi, a Punjabi Hindu, is only 20 years old when the partition of India and Pakistan violently upends his life. This is the story of his struggle to go on and live a life that will count for something good. But Aashish is no saint. He makes mistakes along the way and nearly destroys his marriage to the woman he loves with all his heart. Does he succeed? Is Aashish an extraordinary man or only an ordinary one? The reader will decide."

Watch for my next book, SPACE AGE CHRONICLES: A FUTURE HISTORY.