Roy Pickering's debut novel is Patches of Grey, winner of a B.R.A.G. Medallion Award, and his soon to be published second novel is Matters of Convenience. His novella Feeding the Squirrels is published by SynergEbooks exclusively in electronic format. Roy's short stories can be found in various print and online venues, including TimBookTu, and appears in anthologies such as Proverbs for the People (Kensington Books), Role Call (Third World Press), The Game: Short Stories About the Life (Triple Crown Publications), Prose to be Read Aloud: Volume One, Ménage à 20: Tales with a Hook, Forever Travels, and IAI Short Story Compilation.

Currently he is working on a children’s book series with his artist/illustrator wife, inspired by their daughter to tell tales featuring an adventurous heroine of color. He maintains the web site RoyPickering.net and the blog http://lineaday.blogspot.com. Roy also interacts with readers on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/PatchesOfGrey and Goodreads https://www.goodreads.com/mplwdscribe and on Twitter where he goes by the name @authorofpatches. Patches of Grey is available at Amazon in print and Kindle format - http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0578005816/ref=nosim/porfessionalp4-20