Jake Horton a 56 year-old graduate of Rutgers University, lives in Glassboro, New Jersey. His background is in management as well as being on the fringes of the music business, both as a performer in local rock bands and working stage crew for a few big name acts.   After MS sidelined him in 1988, he had to find a new outlet for his creativity, so he went back to school while in a wheelchair and graduated from Rutgers University in 1994 to become a writer. His has since been published writing articles for such publications as Demos Publications, Nostalgia Magazine, Quintessence, Naturally Magazine, the Philadelphia Inquirer as well as online in assorted websites.  MinX a collaboration with Tony Sacre of Australia, is his first full-length book.  

Previously divorced, he was twice made a widower after his most recent wife Linda died of cancer in 2008.   He has one grown daughter.