Where did you grow up, and how did this influence your writing?
I grew up in North East Oregon (about 200 miles east of Portland). With the wide open spaces and having the Blue Mountains and Columbia River close by, there were plenty of things to invigorate my imagination.
When did you first start writing?
I first started writing when I was in the Army. Back in 1999-2000, I was deployed to Kosovo and I ran out of books to read, so I decided to write one instead.
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