Paul Silver lives in Northern California. He received his undergraduate degree in English from the University of California, Berkeley, and his law degree from San Francisco Law School. He is a retired attorney, married, with four daughters, and eleven grandchildren. He is the author of three books of short stories: Burdens And Bearers, Stories Tales Voices, and Confession Of A Scallywag. For comments he can be reached at: paulsilver@sonic.net