Eric S. Swindell was born August 17, 1994 in Laurinburg, NC located in Scotland County. He and his family relocated to Raleigh, NC in 2004. He graduated from Southeast Raleigh Magnet High School: Class of 2013. He began writing short stories at the age of twelve, and with much encouragement and enthusiasm, he continued. Eric found himself gaining an interest to extend his writing ability, and began writing Plays, Books, and Film Scripts. The Soul of a Young Man is the first book Eric published. When Eric is not writing, he enjoys acting, cooking, designing houses and clothes, and reading books by his favor authors Carl Weber and J.K. Rowling.