John Ed GarrettEd was born and nurtured in Springfield, Tennessee, and has lived most of his adult years in the Madison Community of Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee. He was a four-decade career educator with the Metro Nashville Public School Dstrict as a classroom teacher, supervisor, and H.R. Director for the Secondary Schools. Ed's talents beyond the classroom have awarded him U.S. patents and copyrights for intellectual property creations including a public television media production, two personal books, and ghost writings resulting in four additional published books and several magazine articles. Ed's pseudonym as a writer is Garrett Williams in honor of his father and mother. Read More Read Less