Biography
This is the part of the site where I tell you about how I was born in a log
cabin, walked uphill twenty miles each way to school through the freezing rain
in my bare feet, chopped down a cherry tree and admitted it, and flew a kite
in a lightning storm. (Perhaps I should quote Lyndon Johnson; when he was asked,
"Mr. President, is it true you were born in a log cabin?" replied:
"No sir, you have me confused with Abraham Lincoln. I was born
in a manger.") The truth is less exciting, to say the least. I am the youngest of three children;
I grew up in Andover, Massachusetts,
where I attended public school, graduating from Andover High School in 1977.
I attended Bowdoin College in Brunswick,
Maine, and was an exchange
student in Munich in 1979-80; that was the year I met my wife Lisa, who
was a graduate student in Switzerland at the time. We were married in 1982.
Certainly the best decision I ever made; I won't speak for her :-) I am a baseball fan and a Freemason,
and enjoy board games and roleplaying
games; between those interests and my family, I have a very busy life. Still,
I enjoy writing most of all - there's nothing like doing something you love
(and getting paid for it.) I qualify as a recovering programmer (10 years) and also a recovering
technical writer (8 years). Since 2001 I've been writing
full time, which has brought some success and even more satisfaction. Thanks to , who took
this picture of me at Torcon for the Noreascon 4 gallery.
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