Carl grew up somewhere between Wisconsin and Iowa, not very far from the Mississippi River, where he dreamt of far-off worlds and their strange inhabitants. He enlisted in the U.S. military and traveled all over, learning that those far-off worlds weren't very far away and sometimes the real world was stranger than anything he'd dared to imagine.
These days, Carl can be found in Maryland alternating between life as an interactive products designer at a federal agency, and being a husband and father at home, happily sharing stories and solving problems as the situation requires.