Erik Powell, Sr. is a Greenville, South Carolina Kay and was a "military brat" who grew up in Albany, Georgia and in Norfolk, Virginia. An Advertising Executive at the Washington Blade in Washingto...view moreErik Powell, Sr. is a Greenville, South Carolina Kay and was a "military brat" who grew up in Albany, Georgia and in Norfolk, Virginia. An Advertising Executive at the Washington Blade in Washington, DC., he is a "not too distant" cousin of novelist/essayist Gore Vidal and of former President Jimmy Carter. He has a son, a daughter, and a granddaughter. He is now working on a sequel to Chicago Love Tapestry, furthering the adventures of Autumn and Michael and introducing the "phantom" characters from the first volume ("they show up to complicate things for Autumn and Michael, but you're gonna love the romp--and them, too!"). Meanwhile, a live Los Angeles radio broadcast of Chicago Love Tapestry is in production by Powell's close friend, screenwriter Michael Coulombe. Powell is also completing research for a lifelong project, Devour the Widow's House, a novel about General Stonewall Jackson's Shenandoah Campaign of 1862. He and his "international cast of characters--our church 'gang'"-- divide their time between DC and his beloved Shenandoah Valley. He invites readers to write him for a response at [email protected]view less