Raised in the bustling suburb of Downers Grove, Illinois, Enan Joe Heneghan has been pursuing literary goals all of his life. Receiving the George B. Pappas scholarship for future English teachers, he went on to earn his BA in literature from University of Illinois- Champaign/Urbana. Subsequently, he attended Depaul University in Chicago, where he achieved a Master of Literature degree. During his time in grad school his paper on Medieval author Margery Kempe was published by the English Graduate Association and he was an honored speaker at the E.G.S.A. conference. Trained as a secondary English teacher, Enan Joe Heneghan instructs at Lincoln Park High School.