Andrew Corwin

Author of ‘Lost and Found’ on Planet Dani

A quest born of disease, hostage-taking, and insurrection

An improbable adventure, maybe more odyssey, sprung from the true account of ‘wabah babi’, or ‘swine plague’, in the far eastern reaches of the Indonesian archipelago, bordering with Papua New Guinea.

'Lost and Found' on Planet Dani
Creator/Contributor: famed Italian travel photographer, Roberto Pazzi; understated 2013 portrait brilliantly capturing the historical essence of the Dani Warrior from the Baliem Valley, West Papua (Indonesia).
Creator/Contributor: famed Italian travel photographer, Roberto Pazzi; understated 2013 portrait brilliantly capturing the historical essence of the Dani Warrior from the Baliem Valley, West Papua (Indonesia).

Dedicated to The Dani

Unbowed and little changed over 2,000 years

A second novel in the works

Following a similar genre to the first book, the second novel leaps from a true account of an outbreak investigation to a haunted echo thriller.

  • Set in the 'Land of the Dayak'
    Set in the 'Land of the Dayak'
  • Kuntilanak haunts the second novel
    The Ghost - Kuntilanak haunts the novel
  • Set in Indonesian Borneo (Kalimantan Barat)
    Indonesian Borneo (Kalimantan Barat)
Andrew Corwin

About the author

A first-time writer of novels, a retired American Navy Captain, who spent the last 15 years of his military career chasing down emerging diseases in Indonesia, no less a 'storm chaser', as Director of the Navy's WHO Collaborating Center for Emerging Diseases in Jakarta...

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'Lost and Found' on Planet Dani

‘Lost and Found’ on Planet Dani

An improbable adventure, maybe more odyssey, sprung from the true account of ‘wabah babi’, or ‘swine plague’, in the far eastern reaches of the Indonesian archipelago, bordering with Papua New Guinea.

Learn more...