Kevin St. Jarre is the author of The Twin, Celestine, and Aliens, Drywall, and a Unicycle, all published by Encircle Publications. He previously penned three original thriller novels for Berkley Books, the Night Stalkers series, under a pseudonym. He's a published poet, his pedagogical essays have run in English Journal and thrice in Phi Delta Kappan, and his short fiction has appeared in journals such as Story. Kevin has worked as a teacher and professor, a newspaper reporter, an international corporate consultant, and he led a combat intelligence team in the first Gulf War. Kevin is a polyglot, and he earned an MFA in Creative Writing with a concentration in Popular Fiction from University of Southern Maine's Stonecoast program. Twice awarded scholarships, he studied at the Norman Mailer Writers Center on Cape Cod, MA, with Sigrid Nunez and David Black, and wrote in southern France at La Muse Artists & Writers Retreat. He is a member of MWPA and the International Thriller Writers. Born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, Kevin grew up in Maine's northernmost town, Madawaska. He now lives on the Maine coast, and is always working on the next novel. Follow Kevin at www.facebook.com/kstjarre and on Twitter @kstjarre.
The Twin is a fictional account of an alternate version of the story of Jesus as told by Judas, known as Thomas. It is a brilliant saga of the events, teachings, miracles, and personal life of Jesus, known as Yeshua. Complete with footnotes and translator notes, B.L. Treah, PhD, Professor of Classics, presents this easily readable fictional account in such an honest and straightforward way that one easily forgets it is not a true rendition of Jesus of Nazareth. Or maybe it is. History is merely an interpretation of events from the past, often tainted by perspective, and The Twin provides a new viewpoint that is highly entertaining and boldly unique. This is a novel that will wake you in the middle of the night tickling your senses as you grapple with the origins, life, and times of Jesus. -Matthew Langdon Cost, author of Love in a Time of Hate