I was born in 1952 and came to the United States as an adopted immigrant in 1956 from Southern Germany. I spent eight years in Florida as a boy and was led into writing by my mother’s half brother. He was a Horror movie fanatic and it was those types of movies that excited my imagination. I have spent most of my life living in Chicago and although I now live in Florida again, I still call Chicago home. Writing and music were the two things I gravitated towards early on in life. I still practice the two today.