Ben Broeren is a native of Wisconsin and has a BA in Sociology and an MA in Journalism from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He has worked many jobs, including washing dishes a...view moreBen Broeren is a native of Wisconsin and has a BA in Sociology and an MA in Journalism from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He has worked many jobs, including washing dishes and cooking at a Japanese Restaurant, advocating and working with disabled adults, office temping, selling stories at a bookstore, and volunteering in various political and social causes. He gained invaluable writing advice as a freelance reporter for newspapers and alternative weeklies in Chicago and Madison, Wisconsin.
He currently lives with his wife, his son, and his dog in the Bridgeport neighborhood of Chicago. When not writing and editing, he likes to cook various types of cuisine, read, teach young writers, ride his recumbent trike, and keep up with what's going on in the world through the news and conversing with neighbors.view less