I live in Old Town, Alexandria, Virginia in the United States with my wife Jennifer Runkle. I am the youngest of nine boys and grew up in South Bend, Indiana. After attending Purdue University, I completed my PhD in industrial-organizational psychology at the Illinois Institute of Technology in the south side of Chicago. I love to travel, hike, read, and (of course) write. I also co-founded the best brewery in the world (Bluewood Brewing based in St. Louis) and support (and invest in) organizations fighting to save our environment from the ravages of human negligence. I have worked for many companies, been to many places, read many books, made many friends and drank many whiskeys and I'm grateful to all of them for making me the person I am today.