J. Howard Hall has a day job, marketing industrial process equipment. He writes in the comfort of his garage-sale La-Z-Boy during the pre-dawn hours before life gets in the way. Hi...view moreJ. Howard Hall has a day job, marketing industrial process equipment. He writes in the comfort of his garage-sale La-Z-Boy during the pre-dawn hours before life gets in the way. His repertoire ranges from limericks to technical articles, which he has published in a variety of trade journals, but this is his first novel. He lives in Cedar Falls, Iowa.view less