Author Drew Nickell has written editorials and feature articles which have appeared in the Washington Post, the Richmond Times-Dispatch, the (now defunct) Richmond News-Leader, the Baltimore Sun, The Hill's Congress Blog, collegiate newspapers and many on-line media sites. Most of the essays appear on his blogsite, http: //www.drewnickell.com, which has been read in fifty countries on six continents since its launch for public consumption in September of 2015. His essays deal with political commentary, social commentary and occasionally, sports. Nickell earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Communications-Journalism at James Madison University in 1981, has enjoyed an interest in national politics since the age of ten, and a love of writing since the age of fourteen, thanks to the encouragement he received from his seventh-grade English teacher. The author is a native of Richmond, Virginia, and currently lives and works in Virginia Beach.