Gary is a life-long resident of Milwaukee. He attended Rufus King High School in the '80s, and unlike many of his peers, he loved high school. He's worked a variety of jobs, from fast food manager to elementary school aide to bookseller at Barnes & Noble to Easy Method driving instructor and his current position, supervising tech support geeks.

In his free time, Gary enjoys writing, walking by the lake, spending time with his partner Jim, and watching his two favorite TV shows, "Lost" and "Battlestar Galactica." He is also working on a non-fiction book that he promises "will be a unique assessment of modern America's problems and their solutions."

Some label him a naive idealist; others call him a practical realist but Gary says that he's simply an old school guy living in a new school world, trying to bring back some old-school common sense. His greatest heroes: mom and dad.