Phil Spencer has been telling stories since he was a young child. He believes that the stories we tell and the life events we share knit us together as a people, sharing the human experience. As the father of seven, home-schooled children living in Orlando, Florida, Phil has continued his story telling throughout the years, mixing in the occasional math lesson and science experiment between literary musings. He is pleased to note that none of the science experiments have leveled the house, to date. Spending thirty-five years as a technologist in the newspaper industry and working at such venerable institutions as The Chicago Tribune, The Los Angeles Times, and The Orlando Sentinel, Phil has been surrounded by the continually unfolding drama of the world around us and fascinated by what drives people, both good and bad. He enjoys exploring these themes in a number of genres including children's books, historical fiction, fantasy, science fiction, and whimsy.