Andrew Gruse was born in Michigan City, Indiana in 1968. He lived there until 1988 when he moved to the Fox Valley area of Wisconsin and now currently resides in Neenah, Wisconsin. No, he is not a Packers fan. He began writing stories at age 12 but it took a while to become published. His first published book, Stacked Case began the Zack Stack series in 2016. Followed by Stacked Lies, Smoke Stack, and The Sharpest Cut, the series continues to grow. There are other stories/series in the works and coming soon, however. Andrew is married and has two sons. When he isn't writing, which is most of the time, or reading, which is a lot of the rest of the time, he enjoys birding, and being outside. Except in the winter. The winters suck in Neenah, Wisconsin, unless you are one who enjoys brutal cold, lots of snow, short, dark days, and months of it in a row. Andrew is not one of those people. But, at least he owns a reliable snow blower. His wife shares his views on winter living in Wisconsin though both agree it can be undeniably beautiful. Writing is a great catharsis for the winter blues.