Stewart Matthews

I've tooled around with writing in one form or another my entire life. Whether it was pushing keys on a typewriter when I was four, writing embarrassing poems in high school, or finishing my Journalism Bachelor's at IU, I've always been a writer.\n\nNow, I'm a moonlighter. After a long day at work, I come home at night, I lock myself in the basement office of my house, and I pour my heart into my stories. \n\nI can't think of anything I love doing more. \n\nMaybe these books won't earn me more than what it costs to buy a cup of coffee today, but if I keep at it (and I've been a novelist for three years as of this writing) I might some day be able to support my family with my stories, and have some time to spend with my wife and son.\n\nRight now, I'm kneading the story of Shannon Rourke, a Marine Corps veteran, turned Chicago Detective who has more skeletons in her closet than a French Mausoleum.