Walter was born in Atlanta and grew up in North Carolina, where he earned his B.A. at UNC-Chapel Hill. After graduate school in Virginia and law school in Tennessee, Walter spent most of the next two decades in Knoxville, practicing law and teaching English at the University of Tennessee. But when UNC-Wilmington made him an offer he couldn’t refuse, Walter abandoned the Tennessee hills for the Carolina coast. After two years in Wilmington – and now sporting a world-class tan – Walter returned home to the Triangle area to resume practicing law. Passionate about movies, politics, literature, writing, and many other things, Walter is the author of five novels and a screenplay – unfortunately, none published…yet.