Laster, Eric: - Eric Laster lives in Los Angeles where, in addition to penciling fiction, he provides strategic writing services to select clients. For many years, he worked as a "New York Times" best-selling ghostwriter. He is the admitted author of two books for middle graders, "Welfy Q. Deederhoth: Meat Purveyor, World Savior" and "The Adventures of Erasmus Twiddle," as well as the novel "Static." His short fiction has appeared in "Invisible City," "Southern Humanities Review," "Epiphany," "Beloit Fiction Journal," "Ascent," and elsewhere.