Charles Prowell and his three sisters were raised on a farm in Sydney, Illinois, with frequent escapes to their father’s heritage farm in southern Illinois. He graduated from Southern Illinois University studying Architecture, Design, and Psychology. Upon graduation he promptly relocated to San Francisco and currently lives in Sonoma County, CA.   As the founder of Prowell Woodworks, inc, his articles, profiles and features have appeared in Fine Woodworking, Fine Homebuilding, This Old House, Woodwork, and Old House Journal, among others. His short fiction has appeared in San Francisco Focus, Real Fiction, Confrontations, The King’s English and Pushcart Prize nominations with Alaska Quarterly and Great River Review.