Messengers author David L. Arnett spent more than 30 years in the U.S. Foreign Service, representing the U.S. government in a variety of diplomatic posts around the world, the last as the head of the American Consulate General in Istanbul, Turkey. He holds a Ph.D. in English and has been an Army officer and an English teacher. He currently devotes his time to writing and lives in Sedona, Arizona, with his wife, Vivi.