Richard Alan Carter

The son of an electrical-plant worker and a farm girl, Richard Alan Carter was born in the working-class suburbs outside of Washington DC. Educated in the public school system, he went on to receive a degree in technical writing from Northern Virginia Community College. During this time he worked a variety of jobs: everything from cutting stone in a quarry, to driving for a state-run chain-gang, to canvassing for a congressional lobbyist organization. After traversing the United States of America, he took off to explore the world and see it for himself (Sydney, Hong Kong, Rio de Janeiro, Dubai, Reykjavik, Grand Cayman, Istanbul, Nairobi, and Krakow among others). For nearly three decades he worked in newspaper publishing. THIS IS NOT WHERE IT ENDS is his debut novel.