Dr. Tom Gauthier has been writing stories and books since 2008 when he studied about how to be a good writer with the Long Ridge Writers Group, affiliate of Charter Oak State College, Connecticut. One of his Certificates is in Writing Literature for Children. His motivation for adding this study to his work with Commercial Writing and Novel Writing was his extended family of grandchildren and great-grandchildren-28 so far! While Dr. Gauthier has been published in magazines, journals and newspapers around the world, his favorite work is creating characters in his novels and stage-plays. He has written five novels, the sixth is on the way, and his four one-act plays have been produced by local theater groups. He and his wife of forty years live in Janesville, California, and you may contact Dr. Gauthier through his website www.tomgauthier.com