Kevin Brockmeier — American Writer born on December 06, 1972,

Kevin John Brockmeier is an American writer of fantasy and literary fiction. His short stories have been printed in numerous publications and he has published two collections of stories, two children's novels, and two fantasy novels. Brockmeier, who was born and raised in Little Rock, Arkansas, is a graduate of Parkview Arts and Science Magnet High School and Southwest Missouri State University. He taught at the Iowa Writers' Workshop, where he received his MFA in 1997, and lives in Little Rock... (wikipedia)

I write out of gratitude for all the books I have loved over the years.
I'm a Sagittarius, born in the year of the rat, all of which is basically meaningless to me.
I can tell you that I never begin working on a story until I have a title centered at the top of the first page.
I keep an ongoing list of my fifty favorite books, which I recalibrate whenever I discover a new one that seems to demand a spot there.