John R. McNair lives in Wilmington, North Carolina, with his son, John, daughter-in-law, Andrea McNair (author of The Darkness series), son, Michael, and dog, Roscoe. He grew up in Colorado and earned his PhD in renaissance literature at the University of Colorado, Boulder. He taught for many years in the English Department of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. His writing adventure of the moment is a book about teaching and learning, preparing to live fully while creating a better life for others through interacting with the myriad of lives found in literature.