 Lynch has had a variety of jobs including dishwasher, busboy, waiter, web designer, office manager, prep cook, and freelance writer.He is also a volunteer firefighter, certified in both Minnesota and Wisconsin.The "Acknowledgements" column published in the 2007 "Red Seas Under Red Skies" started with Lynch acknowledging his debt "once more to the amazing Jenny, for being so many things over the years - girlfriend, best friend, first reader, constructive critic and, at long last, wife"  In his biography Lynch mentioned Jenny as being "a biology major (University of Wisconsin River Falls, 2004) and eventual veterinarian" .