Gene Openshaw is a writer, composer, tour guide, and lecturer on art and history. Specializing in writing walking tours of Europe’s cultural sights, Gene has co-authored eight of Rick Steves’s books and contributes to Rick’s public television series. As a composer, Gene has written a full-length opera (Matter), a violin sonata, and dozens of songs. He lives near Seattle with his wife and daughter, and roots for the Mariners in good times and bad.