Shannon David HamonsSHANNON DAVID HAMONS was born in Shelby, Ohio, and grew up in the nearby small town of Plymouth. He graduated from Bowling Green State University in northwest Ohio with a degree in Education. He also attended The Ohio State University in Columbus, liing in nearby Westerville for twenty-five years where he raised his two children. Soon after college he was a reporter, editor, and general manager for a chain of weekly newspapers. He later worked in municipal government economic development and then became vice-president of a private development company. After a short period in the Dallas, Texas, area, he returned to Ohio to become Development Director for the small city of Harrison, Ohio, near Cincinnati, where he lives with his wife Joy. Releasing Trophies is his first book; his second book is underway. Entitled Working, it is a collection of humorous short stories about the many odd jobs he had as a child. Read More Read Less