Born in Clinton, Massachusetts, graduated from the University of South Carolina,  majored in Education, and presently resides in La Jolla, California, Pauline Hager is now a published author. Her major influences were the books she read in her youth. The Bigelow Public Llibrary in Clinton was adjacent to her elementary school. Every day after school she visited the library. Reading books from a very early age, going to the movies three times a week in her small home town, and listening to adventure and mystery stories on the radio  fed her imagination. "The seed to write was planted in my mind," and years later when Pauline and her husband moved to Japan and later returned to San Diego, the seed  burst and a book was born.  Memoirs of an American Housewife in Japan recounts their exciting experiences living in Japan and traveling to other exotic countries in the Far East.  Her latest book Giorgi's Greek Tragedy is a historical novel. Set in the craggy Taygetos Mountains in the Peloponnese peninsula of Southern Greece, the story  recounts the tale of young Giorgi's quest for revenge when his parents are murdered by elite agents of the Sultan's Ottoman Turkish Empire during the Greek War of Independence, 1821-1829.

Hotel Sangetsu
Going to an authentic ryokan (Japanese inn) for a weekend is a harrowing experience not to be forgotten by the Hagers.

Kemerton Reunion
The sixth reunion of former Japanese and European Union neighbors in Japan meet in the Cotswold region of England in the tiny village of Kemerton for seven days. They rented a former Georgian manor and attached outbuildings located on a large, 15 acre plot of land. Eleven couples and several of their teen-age children, and four Japanese women gathered and ate, drank, and reminisced about their lives in Japan. Every day they toured the countryside and visited famous castles and cathedrals, among many other places. Next reunion in 2010 is San Diego, California.