L M Reker is an educator and author who has written for many years, and has taught very diverse groups including: gifted and accelerated students, developmental English, humanities, and courses in critical thinking, up to his current position of college professor of English. He has written for an Associated Press newspaper in New Mexico, and advertising agencies in Phoenix and LA. He has helped write and produce two college texts, and became an assistant chair in the English Department after only one year with that group. He currently collaborates with Erik Daniel Shein on various projects, books and film.