About the Author Theana Kastens graduated from the University of Maryland in 1976. She worked twenty years in the field of international finance, establishing Intercurrency Exch...view moreAbout the Author Theana Kastens graduated from the University of Maryland in 1976. She worked twenty years in the field of international finance, establishing Intercurrency Exchange, Inc., in New York. After relocating to Europe in 1995, she concentrated on her writing, pursuing a career in journalism as diplomatic editor of Austria Today in Vienna, Austria. She lives with her husband and four children in the Northern Virginia suburbs of Washington, DC and in Vienna, Austria. She writes, teaches and is a member of Washington's National Press Club. view less