Bill Blume discovered his love for the written word while in high school and has been writing ever since. His short stories have been published in many fantasy anthologies (such as The End that was Not the End) and various ezines. Just like the father figure in his first novel, Bill works as a 911 dispatcher for Henrico County Police and has done so for more than a decade. He served as the 2013 chair for James River Writers, which produces one of the nation's best annual conferences for educating and connecting writers. His first novel, Gidion's Hunt (originally titled Tales of a 10th Grade Vampire Hunter), is being published by Fable Press.He graduated from the University of South Carolina with a degree in Broadcast Journalism in 1995. In the years after, he worked as a TV news producer, first in Columbus, Georgia, and then in Richmond, Virginia, which has become home for Bill & his family.You can learn more about Bill at his website: www.billblume.net.