George William Jackson was born November 25, 1947 in the small town of Fair Haven in the Green Mountains of Vermont. He earned a Bachelor’s in Education and a Master’s in Leadership and Administration from Castleton State College. He spent 40 years in education as a teacher (11 years) and a principal (29 years) in both Vermont and New Mexico. He and his wonderful wife Carolyn, who taught for 30 years, now have five children, eight grandchildren and six great grandchildren in their combined family. He is also an artist in oils and loves reading, video games, fishing and the ocean. George and his wife now live in Tradition, Florida. Besides The Falls small town mystery series, he writes The Dragon World Series and Tales from the Principal’s Bench, a collection of humorous short stories about kids and schools. He has even written a children’s book, The Twilight Tea Party, also at the Kindle store. His digital stories are available at Amazon.com, and his paperbacks (the first seventeen of The Falls novels) are to be found at Barnes & Noble, Amazon.com, and CreateSpace.com. His Twitter account is @TheFalls_VT and his blog is at georgewjackson.blogspot.com.