Eugene J. DiCesaris was born in Los Angeles, California, and is the oldest of four children. He grew up developing a strong love of reading books—no doubt influenced by all the paperbacks his dad had lying around the house—and listening to music, courtesy of his mom.

He still reads copiously, and when he’s not listening to music, attending church, or traveling across the world with his wonderful wife, Eva, Eugene is living out his infatuation with books by writing them himself.