Larry Hillhouse was born in Tennessee and now resides in Texas. He has been a software engineer by day for twenty years, and a struggling writer night for much longer than twenty years. He began writing by creating material for his wife to use in her Kindergarten classroom. After his son became involved in theatre productions, he began adapting scripts, then writing monologues and plays for children's and community theatres. Other publications include childrens' and gospel songs. He has recently had three of his mystery novels published and they can be found at all major online internet bookstores. For 11 years he has been owned by a Siamese cat.