T. Lloyd Winetsky grew up in Los Angeles. He has taught English, Spanish, and ESL to people of all ages. After surviving a brain aneurysm and stroke, Winetsky retired from full time teaching and began writing fiction. Currently he teaches English part time to adult farm workers in Wapato, Washington. He is the author of three collections of verse, Belaganna, On Utopia Creek, and Hell. Grey Pine is his second novel, the first to be published. He lives near Moxee, Washington.