The author grew up in New Bern, North Carolina, a port city located in the state's coastal plain region. After completing high school and living w/ family in Philadelphia, PA and Paterson, NJ, he returned home for a brief stint before leaving for Atlanta, GA where he has lived for the last 30 years.

As a result of visits to New Bern over the last 10 years, he began to recall and record some of the childhood adventures he experienced while growing up there. Written under the pen name "Malcolm Elliott", this memoir is a collection of those stories and represents his first published literary work.

Now tired of life in the big city, he looks forward to returning to eastern North Carolina soon.