Brian D. Bichy practices real estate law in Bethesda, Maryland. He holds a bachelor's degree from Towson University and a JD from the University of Baltimore School of Law. He got the idea for his first novel, "The Day I Brought a Blue Alien to Homeroom", on the commuter train ride between Baltimore and DC during his law clerk days. He lives in Rockville, Maryland, with his wife and his son, a future baseball star.