Richard Sinay was a high school and college English and reading teacher for schools in Orange County, California, for thirty-seven years. Recently, he has been writing books about his past and teaching career. He spends most of his time playing golf, reading, and writing. He has three previous publications: Who We Met on the Way to Stanford: A Father's Memoir and How to Get a Golf Scholarship to Stanford: A Parent's Guide. His newest publication, Observations of America and My Ancestral Past: An Epistolary Autobiography, is an account of a twenty-five thousand-mile trip around the country. He is working on a series of books about his experiences in education in California. He resides in Palm Desert, California, with his wife, Tina, and dog, Duffer.