T R CotwellCotwell began writing at an early age, compiling short stories to distract himself from the daily grind. Never to be typecast, Cotwell enjoys mixing up his genres, for the very purpose of keeping his readers guessing. An engineer by vocation, Cotwellbegan his dive training in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1996, getting his CMAS certification under the tutelage of old school wreck divers. On an early morning dive in the winter of 1997 in freezing waters, the first stage of his regulator froze and free-flowed, which marked his transition to diving in warmer, tropical waters. Since then, he has dived in the waters off New Guinea, Borneo, Bali, Sulawesi, Hawaii, and the Red Sea. Today, T.R.Cotwell lives with his family near Seattle, WA. Read More Read Less