Troy Patoine has lived in New Hampshire his whole life, mostly in the Concord area, where he and his significant other, Teressa, currently reside. He is a graduate of Keene State College which, for a time, he participated in both baseball and cross-country. He is the father of two grown children and has one grandson. His hobbies include, but are not limited to, running, working out, playing the bass guitar, reading and, of course, writing novels. In his younger years, he had the privilege of coaching cross-country and track at Bishop Brady High School (Concord, N.H.) and winter and spring track at Concord High School (Concord, N.H.).