GREG R. FISHBONE serves as Assistant Regional Coordinator for the three New England chapters of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI). His hometown of Boston shaped his love of sports, history, and clam chowder. Fishbone also developed a healthy obsession with science fiction and fantasy stories. Between (and often during) classes, he doodled spaceships and plotted out his own early efforts at writing.
After college, Fishbone attended law school in three countries, including Japan. He considered staying there until he learned that the Japanese term for “foreign attorney working in Japan,” could also mean “outhouse.” This made for many awkward conversations including the line, “I am studying hard and hope to become an outhouse someday.”
Practicing law by day and writing by night, Fishbone still hopes to become an outhouse someday. He lives in Waltham, Massachusetts, with his wife and daughter.