David Porter was born and raised in Tuscola, Illinois, and has been writing professionally since 1984. He is owner/publisher of three newspapers: The Tuscola Review, Arcola Record-Herald and Lebanon Advertiser. He previously worked as Director of Communications for the Illinois Press Association and served as president of the Southern Illinois Editorial Association. His book, The Make-out Room & Other Stories, is a compilation of 123 newspaper columns with a wide variety of subjects. Light reading. His wife, Jennie, is a Kindergarten teacher in Tuscola. The two were classmates having first met in Kindergarten. Note: Goodreads links all books written be people of the same name. The only book from me as of Nov. 29, 2020, is The Make-Out Room & Other Stories.