Douglas King is a true believer in the importance of the written word to capture, express, experience, and celebrate the richness and humor, the hopes, dreams and fantasies of the Gay Community. His mother was a writer, his sister is a romance novelist, and he too has fallen victim to the family vocation. "Being a writer is not a choice." Out in the world, Douglas works as a medical investigator for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, one of the largest state prison systems in the country. "It's Texas...what can I say."The rest of the time he dotes on two adopted sons, four grandsons: "My eldest grandson is now a college sophomore...OMG!"And a long-suffering partner. "Someone has to suffer for my art!"Anytime that's left, he spends reading, writing, rummaging the bookshelves of Amazon.com, and searching for that one, true and perfect add-on to his beloved computer(s).