D.L. Sloat lives in Western Massachusetts. He writes middle-grade and young-adult fiction. D.L.’s first volume in the A Chuck Cory Story trilogy, HARDWOOD HACKER, is a basketball tale about friendship and overcoming challenges. INFIELD OUTSIDER is a baseball book that explores loyalty and open-mindedness. REAL KEEPER, a soccer story, is an age-appropriate bridge to more mature YA works of fiction.