Bryan W. Fields

Bryan W. Fields was born in Missouri and has moved about twenty-six times, living in eight different U.S. states and Japan. He grew up with basset hounds and saw a UFO when he was ten.

He's worked as a hamster cage cleaner, busboy, bellhop, burger-flipper, elementary school custodian, trumpet player, factory drone, stage manager, business manager, advertising copywriter, editor, ghostwriter, band director, English teacher, insurance agent, and corporate trainer.

He has been writing silly stories ever since the fifth grade. Lunchbox and the Aliens, the story of a basset hound abducted by a pair of clueless extraterrestrials, has been featured in the Scholastic Book Clubs and Book Fairs (with over 100,000 copies sold) and was named "Best Juvenile Book of 2006" by the Oklahoma Writers Federation.

He lives in Little Elm, Texas, with his extraordinarily patient wife, a mentally-challenged cat, and his trumpet collection. They have five grown children and two adorable granddaughters, and yes, they're cuter than yours.