George Eyre Masters

George Eyre Masters was born in Philadelphia, PA, raised in Lima, Peru, and attended high school in Summit, New Jersey. He served with the Marine Corps in Vietnam and later graduated from Georgetown University.

His articles and short stories have been published in major magazines and newpapers including A Clean, Well-Lighted Place, Every Writer's Resource, The Boston Globe, Charles River Review, Portland Magazine, Chicago Tribune, Yachting, Los Angeles Times, and San Francisco Chronicle.

To support his writing, Masters has been a commercial fisherman, worked construction, tended bar, taught school, sold cars and cooked on yachts. As a stuntman, he was eaten by the beast in the film "Alligator".

He has written the novel "Trouble Breathing" and is seeking a publisher. Currently he is at work on a collection of short stories and a second Harp novel.