Kyle Branche (1959 - ) was born in Watertown, New York, grew up in nearby Sackets Harbor on his grandparent's dairy farm right off Lake Ontario up until the age of 7. From there the family moved to Arizona, where he remained until the age of 25. Then he made the big move to Los Angeles, California, where he resides today. His books stem from 6 years working in the music business in his late teens and early 20's, hand 30+ years as a veteran professional and private bartender. He has also been published 75 times in the leading food and beverage magazines with monthly columns, contributing articles and feature cover stories. Kyle has co-written and co-produced two beverage pilot shows, and has had numerous print and radio interviews. His culinary cocktail photography series is showcased on his Zazzle store located at www.zazzle.com/kbranche . Kyle along with his bar colleague, Kellie Nicholson, have an online bar courses education website on the internet, located at www.BarProfessional.com , where there are a number of courses to take that include bartending, bar management, wine basics, and private mobile work. Kyle is also the creator and site runner for the online global directory of all things Bitters at www.BittersHub.wordpress.com . His blog of short stories is at www.LABartender.wordpress.com . As of 2021 he is on-call for future story assignments with AAA Publications. His latest word search puzzle book titled Rock n' Roll Puzzlers is the beginning of what will be a series of word search books with various music genres.