Norman Draper

Norman Draper worked as a reporter for large, medium-size and small newspapers. He has lived in North Carolina, New Hampshire, Colorado, Mississippi and Minnesota. He left journalism in 2011 and worked as an editor for a state agency until 2014.

Norman has been writing fiction for most of his adult life. He's written three novels, the third of which--Backyard--was published in November. A sequel--Front Yard--debuts in September. Norman is a serious baseball fan, but could never hit so much as a lukewarm heater, though he had a pretty decent glove.

He's also a gardener with just enough knowledge and skill to be dangerous.

Norman especially enjoys wearing his wife's floral print shirts and writing about himself in the third person.