I am originally from suburban Detroit but am now a proud resident of the Logan Square neighborhood in Chicago (just far enough away from the Wicker Park scene to blossom out of the sun suffocating deluge of artists one neighborhood southeast). I chose to come to Chicago not for the great literary scene the city has but instead for its liberal politics. I am a graduate of Michigan State University in 1998 (with a degree in Political Science - Public Administration). I spend most of my free time watching bad movies - to learn what not to do and traveling. My favorite city in the world is Budapest, Hungary, but I enjoy all of Eastern Europe. Most, if not all of my projects, both fiction and non-fiction take place there.