Louis Skipper (b. 1964) was born in Pearland (Houston), Texas and educated at Sam Houston State University under Texas Poet Laureate Dr. Paul Ruffin, at Rice University, and in the creative writing program at the University of Houston. He went into education himself and has taught in the public school for over 20 years. He currently teaches writing in Houston.Mr. Skipper began writing in high school and continued in college while serving on the editorial board of both the Sam Houston State Review and the Texas Review. In 1984, he was named Outstanding Student Writer.His recent books include Anonymous He (poetry) and Pip and the Zombies (a re-write of the Dickens classic Great Expectations) which was taught at Florida State University for Dickens' 200th birthday.