Andrew R. Gabriel is a lifelong New Jerseyan and lives with his wonderful wife Elizabeth, two wacky kids and one crazy dog named Harry. He is a graduate of Montclair State University with degrees in Anthropology and Archaeology. An avid writer, wood burner and oil painter, he has written for local news websites, is the author of the biography A Diary of Hope: The Story of an American Prisoner of War and the early reader chapter book History with Harry: Into the Wild West.