I was born at Saint Elizabeths's Hospital in Boston in 1968.

For four years, I lived at Briarwood Gardens in Weymouth.

We moved to Holbrook in 1972.

We attended St. Joseph.

Mom would take me and my sisters to the library every week. I read a lot. I loved the Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew, the Happy Hollisters, the Bobbsey Twins, Tom Swift, Danny Dunn, and the Three Investigators.

In 1978, we moved to Randolph.

Turner Free was the local library.

But I preferred the one in Avon. They had a decent sci-fi collection. It was here that I discovered Asimov, Clarke, and Bradbury.

We attended St. Michael.