Growing Up Dead (Paperback)

Mortimer Drake discovers that he is the product of a supernatural mixed-marriage. His mother is human and his father is a 925 year old vampire. His life is completely turned upside down as he struggles with this knowledge and his emerging vampiric nature. The truth behind the myths and legends of the vampire are revealed as Mortimer enters into a centuries old war of the Undead.

Greg Wilkey was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee in 1971. He developed a love of stories and adventure at an early age. He has always loved to read and write. He graduated from college with a degree in education and began a career in teaching world languages in 1993. He spent the next 15 years as a classroom teacher of Spanish until moving into school administration in 2007. He is currently in his sixth year as an assistant principal. He has been married for 19 years to Alicyn Wilkey. He makes his home in Chattanooga where he and his wife are the proud pet parents of three spoiled cats. Currently, he is the author of the Mortimer Drake series of vampire books for young adults.