About the Author

Brendan Padraic O'Reilly was born and raised in Seattle, Washington. He received a Bachelors Degree in the combined study of Economics, Political Science, and Philosophy from Western Washington University in 2008. Brendan has earned his living as a grill cook, residential painter, gardener, street musician, home-care worker for the elderly, and English teacher. Various adventures experienced while living and working in Seattle, Bellingham, Calcutta, Wellington, and Jiangxi Province of the People's Republic of China, have had great impact on his life philosophy. This is his first (attempted) book.