David Burton

I was born back East, moved around a lot since I was 10. Ended up in the Army where I spent two years in Thailand. Talk about good duty. I was a mechanic after the Army and traveled by motorcycle through Mexico, US, Canada and Alaska. I moved up in the world and became a boat builder, building and sailing my own boats to Mexico, Tahiti, Hawaii, and through the Panama Canal to Florida. Reluctantly "swallowing the anchor," I was a cabinet maker and turned to writing. Now, I mop floors and collect trash for money, write for a living, and am an unrequited sailor.