The author, Brian John Skillen, is a professional filmmaker, writer, and international dance instructor. His many adventures around the world have strongly influenced his life, but nothing has affected him more than his pilgrimage along the Camino de Santiago. He was first inspired to write The Way: Through a Field of Stars after his pilgrimage in 2017 when he discovered a secret Knights Templar code in the cathedrals leading to Santiago. Since 2017 he has walked over 1,000 miles across Spain doing research for the novel. He has walked the miles his characters have walked and learned the lessons they have learned. All of the characters in the novel that aren't based on historical people are based on pilgrims Brian met on his Camino. This book is dedicated to them. "Buen Camino!"