DJ O’Toole was born in Philadelphia and grew up in northern Indiana. He received a Bachelor of Science degree from Purdue University and has lived in Indianapolis ever since. He spent over 20 years toiling in the mines of the engineering community before discovering his love of writing. Surrounded by math geeks and scientists, DJ did his best to fit in and not let his creativity show. Nothing alarms the engineering community like creativity. They fear change and anything with a curve. His short stories have won awards from Writer’s Digest Magazine and the Midwest Writers Workshop.