Roy Pickering was born on the idyllic island of St. Thomas and currently lives in New Jersey. His self published debut novel Patches of Grey, available in print and Kindle edition, was honored with a B.R.A.G Medallion Award. Roy's novella Feeding the Squirrels is published by SynergEbooks and available in a variety of electronic formats. Readers can find his short stories in various print and online venues, including anthologies such as Proverbs for the People (Kensington Books), Role Call (Third World Press), The Game: Short Stories About the Life (Triple Crown Publications), Prose to be Read Aloud: Volume One, Ménage à 20: Tales with a Hook, Forever Travels, and IAI Short Story Compilation. He recently completed his second novel, Matters of Convenience, and is working on a children's book series with his wife, the artist/illustrator Erin Rogers Pickering. Roy posts steadily in irregular intervals at his eclectic blog, A Line A Day - http://lineaday.blogspot.com. He is also a confessed Twitterholic - http://twitter.com/AuthorofPatches.