Roger CortesHi. I'm Roger Cortes, the author of this book. At the request of the publishers, I'm going to tell you a little "About the Author."

I was born in Da Bronx, N.Y. into a family of seven children. We ran out of room in the city and moved up to suburia where I spent my "formative years."

At thirteen I got my first job working at a summer resort called Davie's Lake. I quickly figured out that working in the kitchen was a far better place to be than picking up trash or baking in the sun in a large open field showing people where to park. From the age of thirteen to eighteen I worked my way up the ranks from scraping baking pans to preparing dinner for up to one thousand guests.

After two years in the army I spent the next fifteen years floating around the country playing rock and roll, working construction, tending bar and cooking. I finally settled down, (somewhat), got married, had two beautiful girls and bought myself a bar/restaurant.

I've been a writer all my life and have been published in song, poetry and short stories. This is my first complete book. Someday I'll finish the other four.

I currently reside in Ferndale, N.Y., a small town in the heart of the once famous "Borscht Belt" Catskill Mountains, where I still own and operate my places, McCabe's and Warehouse III. Read More Read Less