I grew up in Chicago as an infulential member of its underground music scene. Growing up as a voracious reader, words and diction became 2nd nature, with my works being published in both high school and college journals... although I never truly had a passion to be a writer as a youth.
Becoming an avid traveler as I matured, I would spend my down-time reading classic novels like CATCHER IN THE RYE, THE OUTSIDERS, or TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD.... and hating them! I thought they were boring at best, and uninsightful at the least, and I decided that I could do better. more...