Lloyd York was born and brought up in good old Maine, and lives in Scarborough, Maine with his wife of 55 years. He served three years in the Marines, and thirty-three years as a full-time employee in the National Guard. Lloyd is a graduate of the University Of Maine. Lloyd is the author of "Folks From Away, Also known As Flatlanders." In his spare time he works in his shop making whirlygigs, cribbage boards and games he calls brain teasers.