Roger Maxey was born on Thanksgiving Day in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. At the age of seven he and his family would leave the cold weather city of Milwaukee for the warmer climate of the Mississippi Gulf...view moreRoger Maxey was born on Thanksgiving Day in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. At the age of seven he and his family would leave the cold weather city of Milwaukee for the warmer climate of the Mississippi Gulf Coast. It would be in Long Beach, Mississippi located just 65 miles from downtown New Orleans, where he would spend most of his formative years.
Roger would go on to obtain degrees from both Xavier University in New Orleans, Louisiana and the University of Mississippi in Oxford, Mississippi.
It would be the historic tragedy of Hurricane Katrina would not only rekindle his love for writing, but it would reunite him with his long time High School sweetheart. Together they would relocate to the Atlanta, Georgia where they currently reside.view less