Author Bio:

J. Scott Hardin graduated from San Jose State University (B.A., M.A.) in Modern European History before studying and teaching as a Doctoral Fellow at Tulane University and the Freie Universität Berlin

He especially invites readers to The Houston Literary Review, where he serves as Senior Editor, and the "Casual Observer" at ragazine.cc, where his drawings appear regularly.

In a former life, he was conceived at Cannon Beach, Oregon and graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School in Portland where he was Captain of the United States National High School Chess Championship Team in 1989.  He also won the Oregon High School and Junior Chess Championships (1988-90). 
The Game Is Afoot