Norman Westhoff

Norman Westhoff is a retired occupational medicine physician. The "Erebus Tales" trilogy mark his first published fiction, and sprang from a lifetime of travel and immersion in many different cultures, both within the U.S. and on six continents. He lived in Germany and Spain for a year. He earned a Master of Public Health degree, and used it to help improve medical care in Dmitrov, Russia. He plays concertina and accordion at traditional music sessions. He has climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro, trekked to Everest base camp, and hiked the Camino de Santiago in Spain and France. He is active in his co-housing community in Lawrence KS. He and his late spouse have three children and five grandchildren, all avid readers.