Walter Greatshell lives in Providence, Rhode Island, with his wife, Cindy; his son, Max; and his cat, Reuben. He attended St. John's College in Santa Fe, and has since lived in five countries, hitchhiked across the U.S. and Mexico, and worked many odd jobs, including drawing pictures, newspaper writing, radio commentary, parking cars, stage acting, managing an art cinema, and building nuclear submarines. At age sixteen he sold his first fiction story, then he didn't sell another for twenty years. He's glad to finally have a steady gig.