R. E. Mark Lee grew up in Santa Barbara, California, USA, and received a Master’s degree in education from the University of California in 1977. Most of his professional career was spent in schools in India and America. He was the founding director of the Oak Grove School in Ojai, California. He served as executive director of the Krishnamurti Foundation of America for 20 years and was director of Krishnamurti Publications for five years. He was the chief editor of the 17 volumes of The Collected Works of J. Krishnamurti, The Book of Life, and The Little Book on Living. From 1995 to 2010, Lee was the owner-publisher of Edwin House Publishing, which specialised in memoirs of Krishnamurti’s associates. His interests include architecture, gardening, travel, and reading. For the past 40 years he has lived with his wife and daughters in Ojai.