Don Gaddis loves 80s music videos, vinyl records, old bookshops, the Ricochet Robots board game, Studio Ghibli films, root beer floats, David Bowie, dinosaurs, astrology, Edward Gorey, media conventions frequented by nerds and geeks, David Lynch, Halloween, iced vanilla lattes, retro video games, comic books, Kate Bush, and taking the subway from Brooklyn to Coney Island. But more than anything, he also loves to draw and write. His artwork and writing are included in gay themed publications from the likes of Bruno Gmunder and Chelsea Station Magazine. In 2009, a few of his art pieces were acquired for the archival collection of the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art in New York. Don's written work includes two poetry books and a novel, Portraits of Familiar Strangers. He resides near Atlanta, Georgia, where he can often be found conspiring with fellow artists, nerds, geeks, and night creatures.