Lee ClarkLee Clark is a North Carolina native, originally from Raleigh, with family roots in Virginia. After working in the software technology industry in corporate America for over 20 years, creating and building highly technical user information for softwae developers, Clark decided it was time to pursue a true passion, finishing a fictional novel begun in 2014. Putting aside technical writing for fictional, Clark completed what was to become the first of the Matthew Paine Mystery series, Dead Spots, in 2021. An admitted chocoholic and coffeeholic, Lee Clark still resides in North Carolina with spouse, two mostly grown children who are in and out, and a small petting zoo of dogs and cats. Clark attended Campbell University, obtained a degree in Journalism from East Carolina University, and then a Master's in Technical Communication from North Carolina State University. The Matthew Paine character is fictional, though inspired by two very important men in the author's life, brother Sean and son Will. Both will see characteristics of themselves in the character and identify with some of Matthew's struggles. Read More Read Less