Brad Lockwood grew up in Little Valley, New York, 'The Village of Knives' and is a Case descendant, the great-great-grandson of Sara Jane Wyatt and Andrew Jackson Case. The award-winning author of four novels, including Sellout and Wink, The Case Cutlery Dynasty Tested XX is his first major nonfiction work. The father of a daughter, Haylei, and now living in New York City, Brad was inspired by his grandmother's stories, as well as her curious avoidance, to write the history of the Case Family.