Jerry AntilJerome Mark Antil was born in Cortland, New York in 1941. The seventh child of a seventh son of a seventh son, Michael Charles Antil Sr., and Mary Rowe Holman Antil. His career has been "writing" and "marketing" in the business world. He wrote marketng plans, sales and training movies and commercials. He has lectured at Cornell University; The Johnson School; St. Edwards University; and Southern Methodist University. Jerome was inspired to begin the career he always wanted, at the behest of his daughter and spent twelve years researching for several books he is now working on. His favorite authors are John Steinbeck; Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; and Mark Twain. Read More Read Less