Hugh Walter Nelms, novelist, short story writer, essayist and song writer, lives in New York City. Thanks to David Ignatow, he has been published in Chelsea. He has traveled in Eur...view moreHugh Walter Nelms, novelist, short story writer, essayist and song writer, lives in New York City. Thanks to David Ignatow, he has been published in Chelsea. He has traveled in Europe, lived in Tangier, Vienna, and Fabriano, Italy. Though not a performing artist, he is classically trained, having received his music degree from the Chicago Conservatory, a double major in piano and composition. He also has a bachelor’s degree in English, De Paul University; a Master’s in Educational Psy- chology, New York University, where he did extensive work on an unfinished Ph.D. He is a semi-vegetarian, briskly walks two miles several times a week.view less