ATHAM SHINDER is author of the debut novel The Graffiti Sculptor and founder of Shinder Consulting, a network of professionals who provide writing, editing, and proposal management services for organizations and individuals.

He holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting and a Bachelor of Architecture from Kansas State University, as well as a Masters of Business Administration from California State University.

After completing his MBA, he studied law at the University of Zimbabwe where he won the law school's prestigious writing competition with an essay titled, "The Human Right to Economic Development." The essay was subsequently published in Zimbabwe's Legal Forum . During his university stay, he traveled widely throughout southern Africa where he began work on his first novel.