Stephen Barrett was born in Springfield, Missouri, the 'Queen City of the Ozarks' in the last century. He never pronounced it Missoura. He escaped to San Francisco in 1999, where h...view moreStephen Barrett was born in Springfield, Missouri, the 'Queen City of the Ozarks' in the last century. He never pronounced it Missoura. He escaped to San Francisco in 1999, where he lives with his partner and dogs high on a hill with views of the bay. Stephen is currently editing a prequel to and writing a sequel to DOCTOR COTTON. He is also working on a new unrelated novel with an even darker love story.view less