Mitch Egan Slate wrote his first book at the age of 4, one Sunday morning in Church, somewhere between the opening hymn and benediction. His mother gave him a pen to keep him quiet and occupied, so he wrote his first novel on the back of a Church bulletin. 54 years later he wrote his second book, "Dying's Not What it's Cracked Up to Be!" proceeded by "The Rise And Fall Of The Third Reservoir." Born in the Catskill Mountains of upstate New York, the most influential person (other than his grandmother with her three tailed strap) was his grandfather. The admiration for his grandfather can easily...