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Alan Rogers was born in Cambridge, a small village in upstate N.Y. His father's employment required the family to move back and forth across the country several times during his childhood. This allowed Alan to experience living in many different communities.
     
Alan graduated in 1972 from Ballston Spa H.S. in New York State, and then enrolled at Schenectady Community College where for two years he maintained a 3.5 GPA. Due to financial difficulties, he left college before graduating.
    
Over the next few years, Alan was employed as a mattress maker, yogurt cook, knitting machine operator, and glass laminator. In 1978 he married Mary Swinton, and the following year Alan Jr. was born.
     
Alan's career path led him into the medical field where he worked 10 years as a CNA, and 12 years as a Medical Technician in a psychiatric facility. This job left him with a vast amount of experience interacting with people who had a variety of psychiatric problems, and inspired him to write Lyam's Journal, a novel which was published in 2008.

Alan and Mary moved to Tucson, Arizona in 2007. They enjoy hiking in the desert and searching for gold.

Alan's Major Influences:
1.) His parents
2.) Rev. Chuck Giesler

Alan Rogers was born in Cambridge, a small village in upstate N.Y. where inbreeding was considered normal. His father's troubles with the law required the family to move rapidly and often. This left Alan with a nervous disorder

Alan left school after the seventh grade to join his father robbing local gas stations. Even though he tried, Alan was never able to hold a job for more than a few weeks, and always returned to illegal activities. Finances were adequate, but not overwhelming.

In 1969 at the age of 16, Alan was arrested for armed robbery and sentenced to 7-15 years at Elmira Correctional Facility. While there, he gained more skills and notoriety.

After being paroled from prison in 1976, Alan married Mary Swinton his prison pen pal. After several days of hard core sex, Mary became pregnant, and nine months later Alan Jr was born.

Finding it futile to obtain employment with a felony conviction, Alan soon returned to what he did best. As a stick-up kid, he learned how to interact with a variety of victims and always maintained an intimidating edge.

Alan had a psychotic episode in 1994, and was committed to a locked medical facility where he remained for 12 years. Mary continued to be his pen pal. During his years in the psychiatric hospital, he kept a journal which was published after his release in 2006.

In 2007 Alan and Mary moved to Tucson, Arizona where he collects his SSI Disability and continues to write.

Alan's Major Influences:
1.) A clown named Sandy
2.) The voice behind his left ear.

Life experience and a unique imagination are two ingredients that make a good writer....Alan Rogers