Ozzie Cheek grew up in rural Missouri and wrote his first story when he was in the 5th grade. He always knew that he would be a writer, but life took detours, and he was mid-thirties before he started to write full time. Prior to this, Ozzie studied for the Methodist clergy, taught high school, and lived in a commune (aka sex, drugs, and rock & roll). His first publications were short stories in literary magazines. His first income as a writer came from writing dirty letters for a magazine under a female pen name. Ozzie moved to Los Angeles in the 1990s and found work as a staff writer on a TV series. He went on to work for HBO, Showtime, NBC, CBS, and Fox. He wrote and produced the TV movie "Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye". He is the co-author of "Why Planes Crash", the memoir of an aviation safety investigator. Ozzie's first novel is the thriller, "Claws". To learn more about Ozzie and to read his blogs go to ozziecheekwriter.com.