John (“Jake”) Cosmos Aller is a novelist, poet, and former Foreign Service officer having served 27 years with the U.S. State Department in: Antigua, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Korea, India, St Kitts, St Lucia, St Vincent, Spain, and Thailand. Prior to joining the U.S. State Department, Jake taught overseas for eight years and served in the Peace Corps in Korea. Jake has been writing poetry and fiction all his life and has been published in over 25 literary journals; he has completed five novels, (‘Giant Nazi Spiders’, ‘the Great Divorce’ and ‘Jurassic Cruise’, and ‘Ft. Ashland’ and is pursuing publication. Jake  grew up in Berkeley, California but has lived in Seattle, Washington DC and Stockton, California. He has travelled to over 45 countries and 49 States and speaks Korean, Spanish and Thai.