Useless facts:

Date of Birth: February 10, 1970 (Aquarius)

Lives with his girlfriend, Becky, and his Scottish terrier, Edgar.

Graduated High School, never went to college.

Has worked in various food service jobs, a video store, and has been working in GIS for a marketing research firm for the past five years.

Has no formal training with writing, learned the hard way (that's why it took seven years to finish Salad Days!).

Played bass in a punk rock band in the late 1980s.

Has never written anything other than the novels available by Layman Books.

Has been a vegetarian for nearly 20 years.

Has lived in Austin, Texas since 1993.

Is left-handed.

Has an older brother named Scott, a niece named MaKenzie, and a nephew named Gunnar. Has the coolest parents in the world, Clarence and Roberta.

Drives a 2001 Honda Civic.

Is an avid swimmer, and feels that Deep Eddy in Austin is the best lap pool on the planet (spring-fed, no chlorine).

Loves Mexican food, The Smiths, Descendents, Flogging Molly, Black Flag, Cocteau Twins, Bauhaus, The Cure, Bad Brains, Ella Fitzgerald, Rodgers & Hart, Gershwins, Sade, the Pogues, English Beat, the Marx Bros., and Star Wars.

Fan of the minor league hockey team the Austin Ice Bats and Kansas Jayhawks basketball. Has taken quite a liking to Longhorns basketball as of late as well.