A native of the Rocky Mountains, T.W. Richards (a.k.a. Tobin Owl) has ever had a love for adventure, for the natural world, and for cultural and linguistic diversity. He spends much of his time in a kind of nomadic existence. He enjoys watercolor painting, poetry, language, design, photography, gardening, and interpretive dance. He is a writer, poet, translator, artist, and self-publisher with an firm devotion to whatever he puts his mind to.