Alan Jefferson is currently a retired service member of the United States Marine Corps after serving twenty years of active duty. Alan is a lover of many arts; be they pencil, pen and ink, computer graphics as well as the written arts. Not really interested in writing at all, Alan began writing because of a ninth grade English poetry assignment and was encouraged to continue writing by his now deceased English teacher, Mrs. Dorothy Odom. Many things made him write: love, happiness, as well as depression. Alan could be seen many days jotting down words of prose on napkins, paper towels or whatever he was lucky enough to grab as words came forth. While going through high school and enjoying his favorite classes of band, art and English, Alan continued writing. He is currently working on his second book of poetry entitled, "Renaissance". Alan continues to write and has no intentions of stopping.