Atwill, Douglas: - Douglas Atwill's early days were in Pasadena, California and Midland, Texas. He served in the US Army Counterintelligence Corps and earned a BA from University of Texas at Austin. After some years in Virginia and Europe, he settled in Santa Fe to pursue painting full-time. From a studio on Canyon Road, he paints landscapes and paintings of his own garden. His work is shown in galleries throughout the nation. Atwill's avocation of house design, small vernacular residences in classic Santa Fe style, many of which have been featured in books and magazines, has brought him a reputation for excellence. This is his first novel. He is also the author of two collections of short stories, "Why I Won't Be Going to Lunch Anymore" and "Husband Memory Pickles," the novels "Creep Around the Corner," "Imperial Yellow," "The Oyster Shell Driveway" and "Dinner in the Labyrinth," and "Douglas Atwill Paintings," which features Atwill's New Mexico landscape and garden paintings, all from Sunstone Press.