Fred Waiss

Fred Waiss was born and raised in Colorado, where a lifelong love of reading began as soon as he learned the skill. As a kid, his idea of reading the newspaper meant diving into the comics and sports pages-a habit he proudly maintains, though his newspaper" is now online.

At age ten, his father introduced him to science fiction, launching a ten-year love affair with the genre. Along the way, he also discovered Tolkien, Howard, and De Camp, which sparked a passion for fantasy and eventually led him to write speculative fiction himself.

Fred earned a degree in education with majors in English and physical education, but teaching high school proved too stressful. He still misses coaching, but not the classroom. Now widowed, he lives and works part time in Wisconsin, though he misses the Rocky Mountains. He shares his home with his peculiar (but handsome!) big dog and his brother-Fred's brother, not the dog's.

In his spare time Fred writes speculative fiction, blogs, and enjoys the conveniences of modern technology-especially research, email submissions, and always-accessible oldies music. Visit him at www.fgwaiss.com.