Born in 1946 Max Ediger grew up on a small farm in the Panhandle of Oklahoma. At the age of 19 he began working with an international Non-Government Organization, serving in Africa, Vietnam and Thailand. His work has brought him into close personal contact with refugees, slum communities, poor rural communities and victims of war. These communities struggling for justice and human rights have greatly influenced his writing, which attempts to reflect to the reader the hope and courage he finds among people in struggle.