W. D. Kott (a pseudonym) was born in 1953. After graduating from the University of Wisconsin?Madison, he lived in California, Oregon, Washington State, and Switzerland. He began writing short stories in 1990. After retiring from production management in 2005, W. D. started writing full-time, producing over 150 autobiographical short stories. Fifty of his genuine hitchhiking stories make up ?Fifty-Five Rides and Morocco Too.? In the future, he plans on publishing two other collections of his other stories on different subjects. W. D. is married, with three children, and now lives in Northern Illinois.