About the author
Douglas P. Lathrop
August 8, 1964 – August 15, 2014
The day after Doug’s birth, it was discovered his legs were broken and he was diagnosed with Osteogenesis Imperfecta. By the time he was 12, he had been hospitalized at least 25 times for fractures or surgeries. Not letting these challenges get the best of him, he graduated from California State University, Northridge with a Bachelor of Arts Degree, majoring in Journalism with a minor in Political Science. After graduation he got an editing job with Windsor Publications. In 1996, he began work with the Access Center and moved to San Diego. In 1998, he joined New Mobility Magazine as a Senior Editor and Contributor. From 2005-09, he edited Kids on Wheels, New Mobility’s sister publication. Most recently, he wrote a novel, Reconquista, which won Best Unpublished Fiction in the 2011 San Diego Book Awards. His short fiction has appeared in The Belletrist Review, Kaleidoscope, Mindscapes Literary Magazine, and Palace Corbie. He was a skilled and passionate writer.
His varied interests included Star Wars, Game of Thrones, social media, ComicCon, MSK3000 (Mystery Science Theatre 3,000), and collecting tikis. He was also well known in the San Diego music scene. He volunteered at the San Diego LGBT center and was a valued member of the First Unitarian Universalist Church in San Diego, serving on the Board of Trustees.
He loved to travel, journeying to Europe and Australia. He attended numerous conventions for LPA (Little People of America), OIF (Osteogenesis Imperfecta Foundation) and of course, ComicCon. Complications from a fall and resulting respiratory distress took him on August 15, 2014.