Wayne Bowen

Wayne Bowen was born in 1949 in Fayetteville, Arkansas. When he was twelve years old, his family moved to Amarillo, Texas. There he attended junior high school, high school, and com-munity college. In the fall of 1970, he entered Abilene Christian College. Halfway through the spring semester, he dropped out for financial reasons and soon found himself in the United States Army, which sent him to Germany. After his honorable discharge from active duty, he attended The University of Texas at Austin, where he majored in German. After completing a BA and an MA degree, he taught high school, first in Port Arthur and then back in Austin, where he has lived ever since. When he retired from teaching, he began to write, mostly fiction. He does not always find writing fun, but he does always find it satisfying. To him, that is a good reason to continue writing.