My reading is extremely eclectic. Lately I've been teaching myself computer graphics, so I'm reading a lot about that. I read books of trivia, of facts.

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He attended local public schools in the Bronx hated the experience and was bored in class. Before becoming a writer he worked odd jobs including driving a cab moving furniture busboy potter woodworker and door-to-door salesman. Phoenix AZ: Oryx Press.

He lives in Seattle Washington with his wife Carolynn.