Kimberly K. Robeson, the author of the award-winning The Greek Persuasion, is a Greek-American professor at Los Angeles Valley College. She teaches world literature, creative writing, and composition courses. She lived almost half her life overseas: in Venezuela, Borneo, Greece, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Spain, and Peru (and has visited another 30+ countries). The other half of her life has been in the United States. Most of her summers were spent in Greece, where her yiayia and papou have a summer house. Kimberly received a Bachelor’s Degree in English and a Master’s Degree in Comparative Literature from San Diego State University. She has taught English in Greece, Peru, and the United States for the past thirty-four years. Kimberly has always been a storyteller like her yiayia; family and Greece are the roots of her stories. Kimberly lives in Los Angeles with her husband and rescue Maltese.
The Novel
Consumed by a myth about Zeus, soul mates and a magic sword, Thair goes on a quest for wholeness and experiences several unexpected and exciting romantic relationships. While recounting her grandmother’s youth in 1940s Egypt and her mother’s in 1960s Greece, Thair gains appreciation for the influence of her family’s matriarchs, but chooses to forge her own path beyond the traditional. Engaging in relationships with both men and women, Thair gains new insight into her quest for completion. Novelist Kimberly K. Robeson takes readers on an emotional journey through exotic settings and complex desires that will leave readers turning pages well into the night. The author navigates the landscapes of a port city in Egypt, a tranquil Greek Island and its mainland, cities in the United States, as well as the complicated human heart. Will Thair ever find the missing part of her that Zeus chopped off with his magic sword? Or is the concept of “The One” just a fairy tale that ultimately leaves us disappointed? Is completion something we all hold within ourselves?