Richard Engling has spent a lifetime writing and performing, paying his bills as a teacher, truck driver, and copywriter, while performing as an actor, drummer in a jazz quartet, and working as the founding artistic director of an ensemble theatre company in Chicago. His writing career began in high school when his coffee shop theatre group needed material to perform, and they elected him to write it. Richard's books include Body Mortgage, Visions of Anna, and the Dwayne Finnegan novels, Give My Regards to Nowhere and Romeo and Juliet Keep Their Eyes on the Prize. His plays include Ghost Watch and Anna in the Afterlife.Richard holds a Master of Arts in Creative Writing from Indiana University. He majored in Theatre as an undergraduate at Northern Illinois University. He lives in Evanston, Illinois, with his wife, Gail.