John Hewitt grew up in the smog of Southern California and has worked as a newspaper reporter, newspaper editor, magazine writer, television reporter, television news producer, documentary cameraman, documentary producer, university professor, textbook author and novelist. He has traveled in Mexico for over 50 years and also in Central and South America, Europe, Southeast Asia, Australia, Europe and the Middle East. His first two novels, Stranger in Baja and Under the Padre’s Thumb, explored the fascinating culture in Mexico’s Baja Peninsula.
He now lives north of San Francisco.



