Born in France at the tender age of nine months, the Author soon moved to Germany, due to the policies of the then-President Charles DeGaulle. The Author then spent time thumbing his nose at the French across the border from the safety of Germany, getting an education from an American High School in Kaiserslautern, Germany. He settled in Washington State, where he eats fudgesicles to stave off hunger while writing and sharing his home with his loving wife of 19 years and 9 (also loving) cats.