Ben Swilley grew up in Albany, a small but very progressive southern city located in the deep southwestern corner of Georgia in the good old USA. Now retired, he managed transportation companies for over thirty years. He presently resides in Athens, Georgia where he exists peacefully with his wonderful wife, Kay. He is an accomplished people watcher, a rambling raconteur and unrivaled consumer of bar-b-cue. He does not have a dog or a cat and none of his three children live with him.