Jeff Thrall was born in a farming community in central Wisconsin and his family moved to Western New York when he was young. He grew up in a suburb of Rochester and spent his summers in Canada canoeing and camping. This is where he learned to enjoy reading and storytelling because there was no television or even electricity. Mr. Thrall currently lives in Rochester, New York with his wife and has three grown children and three grandchildren. He worked for a local police department for twenty-three years where he supervised reserve officers and has recently retired as transportation administrator for a local school district. He is a graduate of SUNY Brockport with a BS in Biology, masterโs in education, and CAS in School Business Administration. He previously published 'The Reunion' in 2005 and โThe Superintendentโ in 2021. He has been working on several other projects including a second edition of โthe Reunionโ scheduled for 2022 and the โ