Quote

I grew up in Illinois.

My profession is about as far away from growing up in southern Illinois as you can get.

I grew up in a small town in northeastern Indiana. I had an all-American childhood. And I grew up as an optimist.

I was born and grew up in Vandalia, Illinois, a small town of about 6,000. It was farm country, and this was the little county seat.

When I was a little kid we moved to Tulsa, then to St. Louis and, by the time I was in kindergarten, we lived in Springfield, Missouri. There I basically grew up.

I grew up in Chicago, IL. I've got three siblings.

I grew up in Washington State and then eventually found my way back to Iowa City for grad school.