Shane, Nat

The youngest of five children, Chuck's initial love of fiction was borne out of a lack of money coupled with an overactive childhood imagination. On Sunday afternoons during his childhood, Chuck's parents would take the entire family to the public library--it was pleasurable and, best of all, free. He credits The Shining, by Stephen King, as being the first novel he ever read. Following high school, Chuck joined the Army after finding little inspiration (or money) for college. He was stationed stateside at Fort Sill and as a paratrooper at Fort Bragg; but it was Chuck's two-and-a-half years st...