T W EmoryBorn into a blue collar family in Seattle, Washington, and raised in the suburbs of the greater Seattle area, T.W. Emory has been an avid reader since his early teens. In addition to fiction, he likes biographies, autobiographies, and the writings ofcertain essayists. He also enjoys reading secular and religious history, and is a bit of a dabbler in philosophy and sociology. Moreover, he likes reading re-printed collections of old comic strips such as Thimble Theatre (aka Popeye), Moon Mullins, Captain Easy, and Li'l Abner. After various odd jobs that included a brief stint assisting a grounds-keeper, working a short while in a laundry, dish-washing, waiting on tables, and doing inside and outside painting, he got into drywall finishing and eventually became a small-time drywall contractor. In addition to writing, he enjoys cartooning as a hobby. He is second-generation Swede on his mother's side and third-generation Norwegian on his father's, which helps explain the little bit of Scandinavian flavoring in his novel Trouble in Rooster Paradise. He currently lives north of Seattle with his wife, two sons, one companionable cat and another that is aloof and rather ditsy. Read More Read Less