Jeff Weisman grew up in the suburbs of Chicago, went to college in the middle of America, went to graduate school in Boulder, Colorado, traveled throughout Europe for a while in his twenties, moved to Portland, Oregon, for several years, and now lives and teaches English in Elgin, Illinois. He writes daily (some of his works include An Ordinary Life, An Anarchist's Guide to Running for Political Office, Blood Wrath Row, The Puzzle of Joshua Dover, The Tuck Murders, The Belief Equation, King Herald IV, A Disposable Nation, and The Milford Falls Caper), and he's very happy that you're reading this.