Richard Heredia was born in 1969 in the Canal Zone of Panama City, Panama. Having spent the first year of his life there, he has since moved to Los Angeles, California where he lives with his wife and children. Wanting to be a writer at a very young age, he began learning his craft through avid reading after his mentor suggested he read as much as possible in order to learn from the best. Since that summer day in 1984, he has never stopped. Aside from reading and writing, he enjoys listening to music, dancing with his babies, camping, fishing and playing the odd video game with his son. After a long hiatus, two years ago, he finally decided to sit down and commit himself to his lifelong dream of writing a book, and he has vowed that he will keep writing until his fingers fall off!