Eric Witchey:
CLASS OF 1976
Shelby High SchoolClass of 1976
Shelby, OH
Colorado State UniversityClass of 1988
Ft. collins, CO
University of AkronClass of 1980
Akron, OH
Eric's Story
Life
Eric Witchey began writing in high school by fabricating photo captions for a small, Ohio newspaper. In the five years between high school and the clerical error that allowed him entry into college, Eric developed a suspicious love of fiction while working as a door-to-door fire alarm salesman, a waterbed salesman, an art salesman, and a motivational speaker. During lapses of creativity, he also worked as a forklift operator, as a laborer in a steel mill, and as a bicycle repairman. Tragically, the financial demands o...Expand for more
f college forced him into honest work washing dishes, and fighting forest fires. For a while, he got away with teaching writing at Colorado State University then at Portland State University. While he has not resorted to rolling winos for quarters to support his habit of writing fiction, it is clear he has gone so far as to convince the unsuspecting to pay him for technical writing. Eric currently supports his fiction with the proceeds of fulltime, nonfiction freelancing. He lives in Oregon.
School
Long ago and far away.
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