Ron Cooper grew up in the South Carolina Low Country swamps, which he says were so thick that to fly over them airplanes had to shift into low gear. He is the author of five books, four of them novels (the most recent of which, All My Sins Remembered, Down & Out Books, was a Florida Book Award Winner), and the co-editor of a collection of poems and short stories. His first book was the philosophical treatise with the irresistible title of Heidegger and Whitehead: A Phenomenological Examination into the Intelligibity of Experience, which was praised by both its readers. His poems, short stories, and essays have appeared in Chattahoochee Review, Bronze Bird Review, The Texas Review, Deep South Magazine, American Book Review, Dead Mule School of Southern Literature, and other journals. He holds a BA from the College of Charleston, an MA from the University of South Carolina, and a PhD from Rutgers University. Ron’s books have been used in college and university classrooms in a number of states, including Texas, Utah, and Michigan. He has given readings and presented workshops ni Georgia, California, Tennessee, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and other states. Ron is Senior Professor of Philosophy and Humanities at the College of Central Florida and splits his time between Florida and South Carolina. He is also an amateur bluegrass musician, and he challenges anyone to play and sing worse than he does.