Randy Powell is a writer who has penned several books in the young adult literature genre. He was born in Seattle, Washington in 1956. Powell had an interest in sports, and his Little League football team won the State Championship when he was 11. While at the University of Washington he become more focused on his writing, and penned several short stories and novels. Upon his graduation from college he took a job teaching junior high and high school dropouts, but left after four years because he felt the job took up too much of his writing time. He is married, and is the father of two children.
