Paul Hunt received his Bachelor's in English Rhetoric from the University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign, a Master's in Music from Northwestern University, and a Master's in Educational Leadership from Loyola University-Chicago. He has taught English for eleven years and served in administrative positions -- in Illinois, California, and the United Arab Emirates -- for seventeen years. He is married with three children at home and one already grown. When he's not teaching, preparing to teach, or grading student work, he can be found playing guitar, lifting weights, or adding to his growing fictional narrative of the years 1982 through 1991.