Lemanatele Mark Kneubuhl was born in San Francisco but lived most of his life in American Samoa. He has been an editor for local newspapers in American Samoa, as well as the Samoa correspondent for Radio New Zealand International.
Over the years, Mark has self-published a novella and a collection of short stories, both supported in part by the Consortium for Pacific Arts and Culture.The Smell of the Moon is his first novel.
