The Brane of the Space Pirates: A Science Fiction Adventure (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781530511280)

David L. Morrese was born in the middle of the last century in upstate New York. When he was ten, his father, a civilian auditor for the U.S. Air Force, accepted an assignment at an American run RAF base and brought the family to England for a few years. There, the author attended middle school and was given the nickname 'Brains' by his classmates, not because he was exceptionally smart but because he had a (comparatively) good vocabulary and wore glasses, which reminded them of the Brains character in the animatronic TV show Thunderbirds. After his father's tour was over, the family returned to the States (specifically Massachusetts), where, he finished high school. After that, he moved to Illinois and worked his way through college as a short-order cook. He earned degrees in philosophy and government and went on to grad school where he studied behavioral science. Then, somewhat to his surprise, he got a real job (the kind at a desk, indoors, with no heavy lifting, decent pay, and benefits). It was as a logistician with the Department of Defense. This wasn't his dream job, but he earned a few promotions, which allowed him to save enough money for a frugal early retirement and time for his current hobby as a science fiction writer.